Sisymbrium altissimum |
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Jim Hill mustard, tall rocket, tall tumble-mustard, tumble mustard, tumbleweed, tumbling hedge-mustard |
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Habit | Annuals; glabrous or pubescent. |
Stems | erect, branched distally, (2–)4–12(–16) dm, sparsely to densely hirsute basally, glabrous or glabrate distally. |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiole 1–10(–15) cm; blade broadly oblanceolate, oblong, or lanceolate (in outline), (2–)5–20(–35) cm × (10–)20–80(–100) mm, margins pinnatisect, pinnatifid, or runcinate; lobes (3–)4–6(–8) on each side, oblong or lanceolate, smaller than terminal lobe, margins entire, dentate, or lobed. |
Cauline leaves | similar to basal; distalmost blade with linear to filiform lobes. |
Flowers | sepals ascending or spreading, oblong, (cucullate), 4–6 × 1–2 mm; petals spatulate, (5–)6–8(–10) × 2.5–4 mm, claw 3.5–6 mm; filaments 2–6 mm; anthers oblong, 1.5–2.2 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | usually divaricate, rarely ascending, stout, nearly as wide as fruit, (4–)6–10(–13) mm. |
Fruits | narrowly linear, usually straight, smooth, stout, (4.5–)6–9(–12) cm × 1–2 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 90–120 per ovary; style 0.5–2 mm; stigma prominently 2-lobed. |
Seeds | 0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
Sisymbrium altissimum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, disturbed sites, grasslands |
Elevation | 0-2700 m (0-8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; w Asia; Greenland; Europe; nw Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina, Chile)]
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 668. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753) |
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