Raphanus sativus (Wild Radish) - Non Native

4/13/02 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA

4/14/01 Back field of my mom and dad's old house in Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA 

3/20/98 Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA

 3/26/05 Roadside west off Hwy. 247 from Barstow to Lucerne Valley (just south of disposal station/OHV track), San Bernardino County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Wild Radish

SPECIES: Raphanus sativus

FAMILY: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/20/1998

LOCATION: El Nino year, field behind my mom and dad's old house in Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA 

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant hairs sparse, rarely 0

Stem 1, 4–12 dm

Leaves: basal 10–20 cm

Flower: petals 15–25 mm

Fruit 3–6 cm (including beak), 5–10 mm wide; pedicel spreading to ascending, 10–25 mm

Ecology: Disturbed places, fields, roadsides

Elevation: < 1000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except mins) 

Distribution outside California: temperate worldwide; native to Mediterranean Europe