Brassica tournefortii |
Brassica fruticulosa |
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African mustard, Asian mustard, mustard, sahara mustard |
Mediterranean cabbage |
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Habit | Annuals; densely hirsute proximally, glabrescent distally. | Annuals, biennials, or perennials; glabrous or nearly so. |
Stems | usually branched basally, (widely) branched distally, (1–)3–7(–10) dm. |
branched distally, 3–9 dm. |
Basal leaves | (rosettes persistent); petiole (broad) 2–10 cm; blade lyrate to pinnatisect, 2–30 cm × 10–50(–100) mm, (margins serrate-dentate), 4–10 lobes each side. |
(early deciduous); petiole 1.5–6 cm; blade lyrate-pinnatifid, 3–10(–15) cm × 10–65 mm, lobes 1–3 (or 4) each side. |
Cauline leaves | sessile; blade (reduced in size distally, distalmost bractlike), base tapered, not auriculate or amplexicaul. |
shortly petiolate; blade (often lanceolate, reduced in size distally), base tapered or cuneate, not auriculate, (apex acute). |
Racemes | not paniculately branched. |
paniculately branched. |
Flowers | sepals 5–4.5 × 1–1.5 mm; petals pale yellow, fading or, sometimes, white, oblanceolate, 4–7 × 1.5–2(–2.5) mm, claw 1–3 mm, apex rounded; filaments 2.5–4 mm; anthers 1–1.3 mm; gynophore to 1 mm. |
sepals 3–8 × 1–1.7 mm; petals pale yellow, narrowly obovate, 7–15 × 3–4 mm, claw 2–3 mm, apex rounded; filaments 3–6 mm; anthers 1.5–2 mm; gynophore 1–1.5 mm in fruit. |
Fruiting pedicels | widely spreading, 8–15 mm. |
spreading to divaricately ascending, (slender), (5–)10–15(–25) mm. |
Fruits | (shortly stipitate); widely spreading to ascending (not appressed to rachis), torulose, cylindric, 3–7 cm × 2–4(–5) mm; valvular segment with 6–12(–15) seeds per locule, 2.2–5 cm, terminal segment 1(–3)-seeded, (cylindric, stout), 10–20 mm. |
(stipitate), spreading to divaricately ascending, strongly torulose, linear, subcylindric, 1.5–3 cm × 1.5–2 mm; valvular segment with 5–13 seeds per locule, 1.2–2.5 cm, terminal segment seedless or 1-seeded, (conic), 3–6 mm. |
Seeds | light reddish brown or black, 1–1.2 mm diam.; seed coat prominently reticulate, mucilaginous when wetted. |
brown or yellow, 0.6–1.2 mm diam.; seed coat finely reticulate-alveolate, not mucilaginous when wetted. |
2n | = 20. |
= 16. |
Brassica tournefortii |
Brassica fruticulosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Apr. | Flowering Dec–Mar. |
Habitat | Roadsides, waste places, old fields, washes, open desert areas intermixed with desert shrubs | Coastal plains and basins, deserts, valleys |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; TX; UT; Europe; Asia; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in nw Mexico, Australia]
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CA; s Europe; nw Africa [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Brassica tournefortii was first reported from California (Imperial, Riverside, and western San Bernardino counties) by W. L. Jepson ([1923–1925]), with the first collections appearing from southern California in 1941 (R. C. Rollins and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 1986), Arizona in 1959 (T. H. Kearney and R. H. Peebles 1960), Nevada in 1977, and Texas in 1978 (D. E. Lemke and R. D. Worthington 1991). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Brassica fruticulosa is naturalized in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Mateo counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 424. | FNA vol. 7, p. 421. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Brassiceae > Brassica | Brassicaceae > tribe Brassiceae > Brassica |
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Name authority | Gouan: Ill. Observ. Bot., 44, plate 20A. (1773) | Cirillo: Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: 7. (1792) |
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