Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sisymbrium altissimum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Tumble Mustard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisymbrium altissimum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisymbrium altissimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sisymbrium altissimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-14-002:
Sisymbrium altissimum FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Norta altissima
COMMON NAME:
Tumble Mustard, Jim Hill Mustard, Tall Hedge-mustard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_noal3_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_213
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sisymbrium altissimum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisymbrium altissimum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisymbrium altissimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sisymbrium altissimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-14-002:
Sisymbrium altissimum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Norta altissima
3229
Forb
Winter annual/Biennial
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare or waifs
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow (mostly uniform in color)
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!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p319
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p057
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