Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sisymbrium officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisymbrium officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-14-001:
Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erysimum officinale
COMMON NAME:
Hedge Mustard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erof_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sisymbrium officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisymbrium officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-14-001:
Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erysimum officinale
3228
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Fields, pastures, barnyards, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow (mostly uniform in color)
Bisexual
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
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