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false London rocket, Loesel's tumble-mustard, rocket, small tumblemustard, small tumbleweed mustard, tall hedge-mustard

Habit Annuals; densely hispid at least proximally.
Stems

erect, branched distally, (2–)3.5–12(–17.5) dm, often densely hispid proximally, (trichomes retrorse), usually glabrous distally.

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiole 1–4(–5) cm;

blade broadly oblanceolate (in outline), (1.5–)2.5–8(–12) cm × (10–)20–50(–70) mm, margins runcinate to lyrate-pinnatifid;

lobes 2–4 on each side, much smaller than terminal lobe, margins entire or dentate, (terminal lobe triangular, often hastate).

Cauline leaves

similar to basal;

blade (much smaller than basal, to 1.5 cm wide), margins entire or toothed.

Flowers

sepals ascending, oblong, 3–4 × 1–1.5 mm;

petals spatulate, 6–8 × 2–3 mm, claw 2.5–3.5 mm;

filaments 3–4.5 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.6–1 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate or ascending, slender, narrower than fruit, 5–12(–15) mm.

Fruits

(ascending to suberect, young fruits not overtopping flowers), narrowly linear, curved or straight, subtorulose, slender, 2–3.5(–5) cm × 0.9–1.1 mm;

valves often glabrous;

ovules 40–60 per ovary;

style stout, 0.3–0.7 mm;

stigma prominently 2-lobed.

Seeds

0.7–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

2n

= 14.

Sisymbrium loeselii

Phenology Flowering late May-early Nov.
Habitat Valleys, stream banks, fields, roadsides, pastures, waste grounds, vacant lots, prairies, disturbed sites, railroad tracks
Elevation 0-2400 m (0-7900 ft)
Distribution
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CO; CT; IA; ID; IL; IN; MA; MI; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OH; OR; PA; SD; UT; VT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; QC; SK; e Europe; w Asia; c Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 669.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium
Sibling taxa
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. officinale, S. orientale, S. polyceratium
Name authority Linnaeus: Cent. Pl. I, 18. (1755)
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