Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 088-11-005?:
Brassica napus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Brassica campestris
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Brassica rapa
COMMON NAME:
Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brca2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_30
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Field Mustard is the wild ancestor of the cultivated turnip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_35
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers overtopping or equaling buds when open, petals 6-11(-13)mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_36
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Upper leaves unlobed, toothed or entire, clasping the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.