Brassica incana, Ten.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 337

7. B. incana Ten. , Prodr. FI. Nap. xxxix (1811).

Woody at base, branched; stems up to 100 cm. glabrous except at base. Basal leaves up to 40 cm, pubescent to tomentose, shortly petiolate, lyrate, with the terminal lobe undivided, usually obtuse. Siliqua 40-80 x 2-3 mm, linear, constricted at intervals, terete, gradually attenuate into beak. • W. & S. coasts o f Italy, Sicilia and Jugoslavia. It Ju Si. In the islands of the Adriatic a number of endemic variants, distinguished principally by fruit characters, have been recognized as species: B. botteri Vis. , Fl. Dalm. 3: 135 (1850) with siliqua 30^10x4-5 mm; B. cazzae Ginzberger & Teyber , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 19: 238 (1921) with siliqua 35-50(-60) x 3-3-5 mm, and B. mollis Vis. , FI. Dalm. 3: 359 (1852) with siliqua 4 0 -6 0x 3 - 4 mm. Their status is uncertain.