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WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



Fig. 90- A. Distribution of Rocket. 



smaller, lobed, or entire ; flowers white or yellowish-wliite with dark 

 veins; fruit an oval, elongated silique containing many, more or 

 less compressed, seeds in 2 rows. 



Distribution. — ^A native of western Asia and the Mediterranean 

 region, but cultivated as a salad plant and often an escape. Intro- 

 duced into Iowa with alfalfa seed in Woodbury, Plymouth, 'Brien, 

 Clay, Mitchell, Pottawattamie, Mills, Id.a, and Sac counties. 



Extermination. — The weed can be exterminated by cutting the 

 plants off a few inches below the surface of the ground or by giving 

 thorough cultivation. 



Hare 's-ear Mustard {Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort). 



Description. — Slightly succulent annual ; leaves light green, ses- 

 sile, obtuse, racemes becoming elongated in fruit; petals much 

 longer than the sepals; pods long, linear 4-angled, spreading; coty- 

 ledons incumbent. 



Distribution. — Common eastward and appearing in the Missis- 

 sippi valley; occuri-ing in Woodbury, Webster and Page counties 

 and probably in many other places in Iowa. 



Extermination. — Easily exterminated by cultivation. 



