Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Brassica rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Turnip from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-11-005?:
Brassica napus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Brassica rapa
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brassica campestris
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 jkm190427_7817
April Jackson County SC
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 jkm190427_7951
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves not lustrous; flower petals deep yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7953
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Terminal lobe of stem leaves wider than lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Brassica rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-11-005?:
Brassica napus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Brassica rapa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brassica campestris
3226
Forb
Winter annual/Biennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Deep yellow (mostly uniform in color)
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p240
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p111
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p056?