Hesperis matronalis

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Common Name: Dame's Rocket


Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Hesperis
Species: Hesperis matronalis

Not Evaluated [NE] | (IUCN 3.1)

Identifying Features

The flowers of dame’s rocket are 1" with 4 pink or white petals and clustered on the top of the plant.

The leaves are alternate and toothed. The plant grows to 3’ in height.

Dame’s rocket grows along trail sides and forest edges. It is native to Europe, and it is invasive in the United States and Canada.

The flowers of this species bloom from May to July. The fruit are long and slender seed pods.

This species is an herbaceous perennial.

Featured image by James Dake.