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Matthiola sinuata

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Species of flowering plant

Matthiola sinuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

It grows on the shore, on new sand dunes. 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. In 2001 its conservation status was assessed by the IUCN as 'vulnerable'.

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

References

  1. Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
  2. Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
  3. Botanic Gardens of Ireland - The Red Data List of Irish Plants
  4. "Distribution maps". April 22, 2016.
  5. Natural History Museum London - Matthiola sinuata
  6. A Dictionary of Entomology

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Taxon identifiers
Matthiola sinuata


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