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by MWP admin » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:20 pm
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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by jackpot » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:09 pm
Crucifers: no fruits no answer!
(could be Diplo. ten.) but as far as I know you meanwhile, I think it is not as easy...
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by IL-PINE » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:57 pm
Heh! It looks like Diplotaxis tenuifolia. Anyway the time has passed for the beer
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by MWP admin » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:35 pm
Phew, I do not have to pay beers here....
Genus not Diplotaxis.
Next tip, flower rather small - 5-6mm approx.
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by jackpot » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:47 am
Brassica (napus or rapa) or Hirschfeldis
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by jackpot » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:48 am
...feldia
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by MWP admin » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:25 pm
Still Cold...
Next tip:
- fruit siliqua and not very long
TIP2: have a "Sharper look" at the backgrund
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by MWP admin » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:09 pm
OK final tip:
Siliqua apressed to the branches that they get somehow inconspicuous!
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by jackpot » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:20 am
Sisymbrium officinale
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by MWP admin » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:28 pm
Congratulations! That's right! Quite exciting quiz - it was clever to put a crucifer!
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by IL-PINE » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:47 pm