Sisymbrium altissimum |
Sisymbrium irio |
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Jim Hill mustard, tall rocket, tall tumble-mustard, tumble mustard, tumbleweed, tumbling hedge-mustard |
London hedge-mustard, London rocket |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 668. | FNA vol. 7, p. 670. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium | Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753) |
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