Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brassica rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
The species is most similar to B. napus, but that plant is glaucescent (vs. green in B. rapa) and its petals are longer. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica rapa var. chinensis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica rapa var. rapa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Brassica rapa
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 campestris
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
COMMON NAME:
Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brassica rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica rapa var. rapa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica rapa var. chinensis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica rapa var. rapa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Brassica rapa
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 campestris
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
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Deep yellow (mostly uniform in color)
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p240
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p139
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p111
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p056?
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