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Brassica tournefortii Gouan
Mediterranean Turnip

Reference
Ill.Observ.Bot. 44-45,Tab.20a (1773)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow-cream-white, Jun to Nov. Sandy soils. Aggressive weed of disturbed ground, roadsides, cultivation & seaside.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carlisle, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Cambridge, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Joondalup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Laverton, Mandurah, Manjimup, Meekatharra, Melville, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Murray, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.