Flower ID: IMG_8602.JPG-08-13-2021 Flower name (scientific): Raphanus raphanistrum Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) RAF-an-us raf-an-IS-trum Flower name (common): Wild Radish Family name (common): Mustard Family name (scientific): Brassicaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the classical Latin radix for a radish. Taken from Greek raphanos, meaning radish, also reported as meaning quick to appear, in reference to the fast germination of the seeds. Specific epithet: Latin -astrum for somewhat like, inferiority, used to distinguish a wild from a cultivated kind. Here comparing wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum with the cultivated radish Raphanus sativus, the latter now treated as Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus. Common name origin: From the uncultivated habitat. Radish has a complicated etymology; from classical Latin and other European languages. In use as a food in ancient China, Greece, and Egypt. Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 0.8 inches (1.3 to 2.0 cm) Petal count: 4 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Size: 12 to 24 inches (30 to 61 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is compound and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, basal: oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate in outline, lyrate or pinnatifid lobes, oblong or ovate (FNA), lower leaves oblong, pinnately-divided (FW) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste areas, roadsides, sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Raphanus sativus (Cultivated Radish) usually has purple or pink flowers, but sometimes white, when the latter, the plant has a resemblance to Raphanus raphanistrum. The fruits of Raphanus sativus are typically 7 to 13 mm wide, rarely slightly constricted between seeds, and the seeds are not ribbed, whereas the fruits of Raphanus raphanistrum are 3 to 8 mm wide, constricted between the seeds when mature, and the seeds strongly ribbed. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.818927 Longitude: -91.508807 Altitude: 248.10 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Marathon, Marinette, Milwaukee, Oneida, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Shawano, Taylor, Walworth, Washburn, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum (The other infraspecifics are Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra (Moretti ex Augustin de Candolle) Bonnier & Layens, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. rostratus (Augustin de Candolle) Thellung, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (Linnaeus) Domin. Only the latter of these three subspecies has been recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed