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eastern rocket, eastern tumble-mustard, Indian hedge-mustard

Habit Annuals; glabrous or pubescent.
Stems

erect, branched distally, (1–)2–7(–8.5) dm, sparsely to densely (soft) pubescent at least basally, usually glabrous distally.

Basal leaves

rosulate;

petiole (1–)2–5(–9) cm;

blade broadly oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate (in outline), 3–8(–10) cm × (10–)20–40(–60) mm, margins runcinate-pinnatipartite;

lobes 2–5 on each side, oblong or lanceolate, much smaller than terminal lobe, margins subentire or dentate, (terminal lobe lanceolate, deltate, or often hastate).

Cauline leaves

similar to basal; (distalmost) blade with 1 or 2 lobes on each side, much smaller than terminal lobe, (terminal lobe narrowly lanceolate, linear, or hastate).

Flowers

sepals ascending, oblong, 3.5–5.5 × 1–2 mm;

petals spatulate, (6–)7–9(–10) × 2.5–4 mm, claw 3–5.5 mm;

filaments (4–)5–8 mm;

anthers oblong, 1–1.8 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

ascending to subdivaricate, stout, nearly as wide as fruit, 3–6 mm.

Fruits

narrowly linear, straight, smooth, stout, (5–)6–10(–13) cm × 1–1.5 mm;

valves glabrous or pubescent;

ovules (60–)80–100(–140) per ovary;

style (subclavate), 1–3(–4) mm;

stigma prominently 2-lobed.

Seeds

1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm.

2n

= 14.

Sisymbrium orientale

Phenology Flowering Mar-early Jun.
Habitat Waste grounds, roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; MA; NV; OR; TX; WA; BC; Europe; sw Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Central America, South America, Australia]
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 670.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium
Sibling taxa
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. polyceratium
Name authority Linnaeus: Cent. Pl. II, 24. (1756)
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