Saturday, 30 July 2022

Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum

Common name: Wild Radish
Scientific name: Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum
Species name: Raphanus raphanistrum 野蘿蔔, 野芥菜
Genus: Raphanus 蘿蔔屬
Family: Brassicaceae or Cruiferae 十字花科, mustards, crucifers or cabbage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Archaeophyte (established before 1500 AD.) It has a European Southern-temperate distribution. It presumably evolved from other subspecies and spread as a weed of cultivation.

Date: 1st April

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Cochlearia danica 丹麥壞血草

Common name: Danish Scurvygrass
Scientific name: Cochlearia danica 丹麥壞血草
Genus: Cochlearia 岩薺屬
Family: Brassicaceae or Cruiferae 十字花科, mustards, crucifers or cabbage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Native.

Date: 5th April

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Brassica napus subsp. oleifera

Common name: Oil-seed Rape
Scientific name: Brassica napus subsp. oleifera
Species: Brassica napus 歐洲油菜, 西洋油菜, 油菜籽, 甘藍型油菜, 油麻菜籽, 大油菜
Genus: Brassica 蕓薹屬
Family: Brassicaceae or Cruiferae 十字花科, mustards, crucifers or cabbage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Neotype (established after 1500 AD). This allotetraploid 異源四倍體 is derived from B. oleracea 甘藍 and B. rapa 蕓薹, 白菜型油菜 is not known in the wild. It was first recorded in the wild in 1660.

Date: 26th April

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Friday, 29 July 2022

Lunaria annua 銀扇草, 誠實花, 金錢花, 大金幣草, 合田草

Common name: Honestry
Scientific name: Lunaria annua 銀扇草, 誠實花, 金錢花, 大金幣草, 合田草
Genus: Lunaria 銀扇草屬, 鍛花屬
Family: Brassicaceae or Cruiferae 十字花科, mustards, crucifers or cabbage family

Remarks*: 

Origin: Neotype (established after 1500 AD). It is a cultivated plant of unknown origin. It has been cultivated since at least 1570 and was known from the wild by 1597.

Date: 22nd April (& 13th May)

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Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Matricaria chamomilla 德國洋甘菊, 洋甘菊花, 母菊, 香菊

Common name: Scented Mayweed
Scientific name: Matricaria chamomilla 德國洋甘菊, 洋甘菊花, 母菊, 香菊
Genus: Matricaria 母菊屬
Family: Asteraceae or Compositae 菊科, aster , daisy, composite or sunflower family

Origin: Archaeophyte (established before 1500 AD.) It has a European Southern-temperate districution. 

Date: 1st June

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146 The bracts surrounding the base of the flower are in 3 layers, green with membranous edging. Bracts and flower stalks are hairless.  (vs The bracts surrounding the base of the flower are  darker green to brownish down the center with a narrow band of pale membranous edging but darker brown at the tip. Bracts and flower stalks are hairless, sometimes sparsely hairy when young in Tripleurospermum inodorum, scentless mayweed.)

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Rumex acetosa 酸模, 蕦, 薞蕪

Common name: Common Sorrel
Scientific name: Rumex acetosa 酸模, 蕦, 薞蕪
Genus: Rumex 酸模屬
Family: Polygonaceae 蓼科, knotweed or smartweed-buckwheat family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 1st June

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