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common hedge-mustard, common tumble-mustard, hedge mustard

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

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

erect, branched distally, 2.5–7.5(–11) dm, usually sparsely to densely hirsute, (trichomes retrorse), rarely glabrate distally.

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

Basal leaves

usually rosulate;

petiole (1–)2–7(–10) cm;

blade broadly oblanceolate or oblong-obovate (in outline), (2–)3–10(–15) cm × (10–)20–50(–80) mm, margins lyrate-pinnatifid, pinnatisect, or runcinate;

lobes (2)3 or 4(5) on each side, oblong or lanceolate, smaller than terminal lobe, margins entire, dentate, or lobed, (terminal lobe suborbicular or deltate, margins dentate).

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;

blade with lobe margins dentate or subentire.

similar to basal;

distalmost blade with linear to filiform lobes.

Flowers

sepals erect, oblong-ovate, 2–2.5 × ca. 1 mm;

petals spatulate, 2.5–4 × 1–2 mm, claw 1–2 mm;

filaments (erect, yellowish), 2–3 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm.

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

erect, (appressed to rachis), stout, narrower than fruit, 1.5–3(–4) mm.

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

Fruits

(erect), subulate-linear, straight, slightly torulose or smooth, stout, (0.7–)1–1.4(–1.8) cm × 1–1.5 mm;

valves glabrous or pubescent;

ovules 10–20 per ovary;

style (0.8–)1–1.5(–2) mm;

stigma slightly 2-lobed.

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

1–1.3 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Sisymbrium officinale

Sisymbrium altissimum

Phenology Flowering Apr-late Sep. Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat Roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, deserts Roadsides, fields, pastures, waste grounds, disturbed sites, grasslands
Elevation 0-2200 m (0-7200 ft) 0-2700 m (0-8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; AL; AR; CA; CT; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; YT; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Central America, South America, Australia]
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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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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 670. FNA vol. 7, p. 668.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium
Sibling taxa
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. orientale, S. polyceratium
S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. orientale, S. polyceratium
Synonyms Erysimum officinale, S. officinale var. leiocarpum
Name authority (Linnaeus) Scopoli: Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 26. (1772) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 659. (1753)
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