Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Garden Radish - Raphanus sativus   L.
Members of Brassicaceae:
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AuthorL.
DistributionScattered across the northern parts of the state.

Native of Eurasia; in N.A. essentially throughout.
AbundanceRare. Collected from only 9 counties.
HabitatCrop fields, roadsides, fallow fields.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting April-June.
IdentificationThis species is very similar to Wild Radish (R. raphanistrum), and the 2 will hybridize. It differs mainly in the flower color (purple to pink in Garden Radish, pale yellow to off-white in Wild Radish).
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