Biology:Matthiola sinuata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Matthiola sinuata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Matthiola
Species:
M. sinuata
Binomial name
Matthiola sinuata
(L.) R.Br.

Matthiola sinuata, commonly known as sea stock, is a coastal plant in the family Brassicaceae.

A short-lived (biennial) herbaceous plant, growing to 60 cm in height. It does not spread vegetatively.[1]

It grows on the shore, on new sand dunes.[2] In continental Europe it is not rare, but it is seldom seen in the British Isles, where it is extinct in Scotland and probably Ireland.[3][4][5] In 2001 its conservation status was assessed by the IUCN as 'vulnerable'.[6]

The genus Matthiola takes its name from Italian physician and naturalist, Pierandrea Mattioli. The species epithet sinuata is Latin for 'sinuous' i.e. wavy.[7]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3107667 entry