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|accepted_name=Turritis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 666. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 298. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Tower-mustard;towercress
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Camelineae;Turritis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Camelineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Turritis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin turris, tower, alluding to pyramidal shape of plants due to overlap of leaves and fruits
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 226, 235, 242, 257
|treatment_page=page 458
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Biennials </b>or, rarely, perennials (short-lived);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">not scapose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whole-organism architecture;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism duration;whole-organism architecture;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism duration;trichome architecture;trichome architecture;trichome shape;trichome shape;trichome shape;trichome shape">(glaucous distally), glabrous or pubescent (mostly proximally), trichomes simple and/or stalked, forked, or substellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, unbranched basally, often branched distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="basal leaf arrangement;basal leaf architecture;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin architecture or shape">basal rosulate, petiolate, margins usually dentate, sinuate, repand, or pinnatifid, rarely entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape">cauline blade (base auriculate or sagittate [amplexicaul]), margins dentate or entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>(corymbose), considerably elongated in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="raceme length;raceme orientation;raceme size"><b>Fruiting </b>pedicels erect [divaricate], (appressed to rachis), slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal shape;sepal shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals erect, oblong or linear, (margins membranous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal shape;petal arrangement or course or shape;claw variability">petals usually yellowish or creamy white, rarely pink [purplish], usually narrowly spatulate or linear-oblanceolate, rarely linear, claw not differentiated from blade, (apex obtuse);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture">stamens (erect), tetradynamous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament shape">filaments not dilated basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther shape">anthers narrowly oblong [linear], (apex obtuse);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="nectar gland arrangement;lateral gland shape;median gland presence">nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens, lateral glands annular, median glands present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits silique dehiscence;fruits silique architecture;fruits silique arrangement or course or shape;fruits silique architecture or pubescence or relief;fruits silique shape"><b>Fruits </b>siliques, dehiscent, sessile, linear, smooth, often subterete-quadrangular, (leathery);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="valve pubescence;midvein prominence">valves each with prominent midvein, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="replum shape">replum rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="septum architecture">septum complete, (membranous, veinless);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="">ovules 130–200 per ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="ovule quantity">(style distinct, short, stout);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate, (subentire).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="seed arrangement;seed shape;seed architecture;seed architecture;seed architecture;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>biseriate, flattened, not winged or, rarely, narrowly winged, oblong or subglobose [elliptic, orbicular];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="seed-coat coating">seed-coat not mucilaginous when wetted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s25" data-properties="">cotyledons accumbent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s26" data-properties="cotyledon arrangement;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 6, 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia;n Africa
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Turritis laxa (Smith) Hayek is distributed in eastern Europe and the Middle East.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dvoak1967a
|text=Dvoák, F. 1967. A note on the genus Turritis L. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 114: 84–87.
}}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Turritis
|author=Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia;n Africa
|reference=dvoak1967a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Camelineae
|genus=Turritis
|anther shape=oblong
|basal leaf architecture=petiolate
|basal leaf arrangement=rosulate
|claw variability=not differentiated
|cotyledon arrangement=accumbent
|filament shape=dilated
|flower architecture=tetradynamous
|fruits silique architecture=sessile
|fruits silique architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|fruits silique arrangement or course or shape=linear
|fruits silique dehiscence=dehiscent
|fruits silique shape=subterete-quadrangular
|lateral gland shape=annular
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|margin architecture or shape=entire;dentate;entire
|margin shape=pinnatifid;repand;pinnatifid;repand;sinuate;dentate
|median gland presence=absent
|midvein prominence=prominent
|nectar gland arrangement=confluent
|ovule quantity=130;200
|petal arrangement or course or shape=linear
|petal coloration=pink;creamy white;yellowish
|petal shape=linear-oblanceolate;spatulate
|raceme length=elongated
|raceme orientation=erect
|raceme size=slender
|replum shape=rounded
|seed architecture=winged;,;not winged
|seed arrangement=biseriate
|seed shape=subglobose;oblong;flattened
|seed-coat coating=mucilaginous
|sepal orientation=erect
|sepal shape=linear;oblong
|septum architecture=complete
|stem architecture=branched;unbranched
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|trichome architecture=stalked;simple
|trichome shape=substellate;forked;substellate;forked
|valve pubescence=glabrous
|whole-organism architecture=not scapose;not scapose
|whole-organism duration=perennial;biennial
|whole-organism pubescence=pubescent;glabrous;pubescent;glabrous
|x chromosome quantity=8;6
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