Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Annual Wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, Ruachán buí
Photographs: Co. Wexford

Annual Wall-rocket / Stinkweed
Diplotaxis muralis
Ruachán buí
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering June-September. Annual / short-lived perennial. Probably introduced

Four-petalled lemon-yellow flowers are followed by long fruits that are narrowed at both ends. The stalked, pinnate leaves are mainly basal. Erect or spreading growth, the plant with a strong, unpleasant smell when crushed. Height 15-40cms.

Scattered distribution in Ireland, occasionally found on dry waste ground, walls, roadsides and railway banks.

Annual Wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, Ruachán buí

Annual Wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, Ruachán buí
Annual Wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, Ruachán buí

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