Pers., Brassicaceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
Spanish: berro |
Habit: herb
Description: "Rhizomes much branched; stems decumbent-ascending, often 20 cm long, rooting at the nodes; basal leaves 2.5-6.5 cm long, the scarcely smaller cauline ones long-petiolate, the uppermost often simple; leaflets all subequal, orbicular or short-ovate, entire or merely crenate, 6-14 mm long, 6-19 mm wide; flowering pedicels 2-3 mm, in fruit 5-10 long; flowers usually small, the sepals 1.5-2 mm long; ovules 20-28; pods mostly 15-18 mm long, 1 mm wide, the style obsolete or 1 mm long; seeds emarginate" (Macbride, 1938; pp. 962-963).
Habitat/ecology: "Sometimes terrestrial, sometimes half immersed in brooks or along their banks, and from the ocean to the snows" (Macbride, 1938; pp. 962-963).
Propagation: Seed and rooting from nodes (Macbride, 1938; pp. 962-963).
Native range: Chile and Argentina to Mexico (Macbride, 1938; pp. 962-963).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Isabela Group |
Isabela Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Isabela Group |
Volcán Sierra Negra, Isabela Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
San Cristóbal Group |
San Cristóbal Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Collected in survey, herbarium record pending. |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Santa Cruz Group |
Santa Cruz Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Central America
Central America (Pacific rim) |
Costa Rica (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Mexico
Mexico |
Mexico (United Mexican States) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Chile (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Colombia |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Ecuador (Republic of) (continental) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Perú (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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