MWP QUIZ No.4

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MWP QUIZ No.4

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Can you identify this Crucifer? A local beer linked to it only for the following 24 hours (till 21:00 15/Dec/05)
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Crucifers: no fruits no answer! :roll: (could be Diplo. ten.) but as far as I know you meanwhile, I think it is not as easy... :wink:
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Heh! It looks like Diplotaxis tenuifolia. Anyway the time has passed for the beer :P
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Phew, I do not have to pay beers here....
Genus not Diplotaxis.

Next tip, flower rather small - 5-6mm approx.
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Brassica (napus or rapa) or Hirschfeldis
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...feldia
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Still Cold...

Next tip:
- fruit siliqua and not very long

TIP2: have a "Sharper look" at the backgrund :D
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OK final tip:

Siliqua apressed to the branches that they get somehow inconspicuous!
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Sisymbrium officinale
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Congratulations! That's right! Quite exciting quiz - it was clever to put a crucifer!
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:lol:
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