Sisymbrium loeselii |
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false London rocket, Loesel's tumble-mustard, rocket, small tumblemustard, small tumbleweed mustard, tall hedge-mustard |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Cent. Pl. I, 18. (1755) |
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