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Aurinia saxatilis

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

basket of gold, golden-tuft alyssum, rock madwort

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Discoid

Size

  • Length: 2–2.6 mm
  • Width: 1.8–2.5 mm
  • Thickness: 0.5–0.8 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Lightly granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.

Other structures

Surface groove separating cotyledonCotyledon:
The modified storage leaf or pair of leaves of an embryo and seedling (see primary leaf).
 and radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
 lobes.

Identification notes

Persistent remnant of the style often connected to hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
. Circumferential wing either brown or transparent.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Brassicaceae

Valid name

Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv.

Synonyms

Aethionema saxatile (L.) R. Br.
Alyssum saxatile L.
Alyssum saxatile L. var. compactum hort.

Aurinia saxatilis.  Discoid true seed with persistent remnant of the style often connected to hilum. Circumferential wing either brown or transparent. 
Aurinia saxatilis. Discoid true seed with persistent remnant of the style often connected to hilum. Circumferential wing either brown or transparent. 
Aurinia saxatilis.  Discoid true seed with a persistent remnant of the style often connected to the hilum.
Aurinia saxatilis. Discoid true seed with a persistent remnant of the style often connected to the hilum.