NameThatPlant.net: Sisymbrium altissimum

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 Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Tumble Mustard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) 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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image of Sisymbrium altissimum, Tumble Mustard, Jim Hill Mustard, Tall Hedge-mustard

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_noal3_001_lvd

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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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

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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