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Jim Hill mustard, tall rocket, tall tumble-mustard, tumble mustard, tumbleweed, tumbling hedge-mustard

London hedge-mustard, London rocket

Habit Annuals; glabrous or pubescent. Annuals; glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Stems

erect, branched distally, (2–)4–12(–16) dm, sparsely to densely hirsute basally, glabrous or glabrate distally.

erect, branched proximally and distally, (1–)2–6(–7.5) dm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent at least basally.

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.

not rosulate;

petiole (0.5–)1–4.5(–6) cm;

blade oblanceolate or oblong (in outline), (1.5–)3–12(–15) cm × (5–)10–60(–90) mm, margins runcinate to pinnatisect;

lobes (1–)2–6(–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.

similar to basal; (distalmost) blade (smaller, to 2 cm wide), margins entire or 1–3-lobed.

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.

sepals erect, oblong, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm;

petals oblong-oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5(–4) × 1–1.5 mm, claw 1–1.5 mm;

filaments 2.5–4 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.5–0.9 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

usually divaricate, rarely ascending, stout, nearly as wide as fruit, (4–)6–10(–13) mm.

divaricate or ascending, slender, much narrower than fruit, (5–)7–12(–20) 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.

(divaricate to ascending, young fruits overtopping flowers), narrowly linear, straight or slightly curved inward, slightly torulose, slender, (2.5–)3–4(–5) cm × 0.9–1.1 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules 40–90 per ovary;

style 0.2–0.5 mm;

stigma prominently 2-lobed.

Seeds

0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Sisymbrium altissimum

Sisymbrium irio

Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep. Flowering Dec–May.
Habitat Roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, disturbed sites, grasslands Rocky slopes, orchards, roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, prairies, disturbed sites
Elevation 0-2700 m (0-8900 ft) 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; CT; FL; ID; MA; MI; NM; NV; OH; PA; TX; UT; WY; Europe; w Asia; c Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, Australia]
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[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 668. FNA vol. 7, p. 670.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium
Sibling taxa
S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. orientale, S. polyceratium
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. orientale, S. polyceratium
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753)
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