Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Rhamphospermum nigrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Black Mustard from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica nigra
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Brassica nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brassica nigra
COMMON NAME:
Black Mustard, Charlock
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Rhamphospermum nigrum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brassica nigra
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brassica nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Brassica nigra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brassica nigra
3534
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Waif(s)
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright 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