life
cycle - winter annual or biennial (sometimes perennial),
reproducing by seed
stems -
upright, smooth, ridged, from crown, branching above growth
habit 1, growth
habit 2, growth
habit 3
leaves -
alternate, margins wavy, shiny, pinnately divided, 1-5 pair(s)
of lateral lobes and large terminal lobe, form dense rosette;
stem leaves small, less lobed leaves
flowers -
4-petaled, bright yellow; terminal racemes flowers
seedpods -
silique, short-stalked, upright, almost square, small "beak" at
tip seedpods 1, seedpods 2
