Turritis L.

Herbs, annual or perennial. Basal leaves in rosette, stalked; cauline many, sagittate-amplexicaul. Racemes many-flowered. Flowers small; pedicels erect, somewhat appressed in fruit. Fruits long, erect, slender, terete or somewhat quadrangular, compressed, usually with biseriate seeds.

Mostly in Europe, Asia and Africa; introduced in N. America and Australia; probably 3 species, 1 in India.

List of Lower Taxa