Sisymbrium orientale |
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eastern rocket, eastern tumble-mustard, Indian hedge-mustard |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar-early Jun. |
Habitat | Waste grounds, roadsides, disturbed sites |
Elevation | 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft) |
Distribution |
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 |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Cent. Pl. II, 24. (1756) |
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