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

shortfruit hedgemustard

Habit Annuals; glabrous or pubescent. Annuals; (densely leafy throughout); often glabrous.
Stems

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

(simple or few to several from base), erect or ascending to subprostrate, branched distally, 1–5(–7) dm, glabrous.

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).

(soon withered); initially rosulate;

petiole (1–)2–5(–6.5) cm;

blade oblanceolate to lanceolate (in outline), 2–7(–10) cm × 10–30(–45) mm, margins sinuate- or runcinate-pinnatifid to coarsely dentate;

lobes 3–6 on each side, often triangular, slightly smaller than terminal lobe, margins dentate or subentire.

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).

(sometimes bracts, several), similar to basal, (shortly petiolate);

blade margins dentate or subentire, (surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent at and near margin). (Inflorescences 2–4(–6)-fasciculate, or flowers solitary and axillary, bracteate throughout.) Fruiting pedicels ascending to erect, stout, narrower than fruit base, 0.5–1(–2) mm.

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.

sepals erect, oblong, 1–1.5 × 0.3–0.5 mm;

petals spatulate, 1.5–2 × 0.4–0.6 mm, claw 0.6–1 mm;

filaments (erect, yellowish), 1.2–1.7mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 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.

(erect to ascending), subulate-linear, recurved, straight, slightly torulose, stout (widest at base), 1–2(–2.3) cm × 0.9–1.7 mm;

valves usually glabrous, rarely puberulent;

ovules 20–44(–54) per ovary;

style 0.5–1 mm;

stigma slightly 2-lobed.

Seeds

1–1.5 × 0.7–0.9 mm.

0.7–1 × 0.4–0.5 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 28.

Sisymbrium orientale

Sisymbrium polyceratium

Phenology Flowering Mar-early Jun. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Waste grounds, roadsides, disturbed sites Waste grounds, disturbed sites, roadsides
Elevation 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft) 0-200 m (0-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
PA; TX; Europe; w Asia; c Asia; nw Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 670. FNA vol. 7, p. 669.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium Brassicaceae > tribe Sisymbrieae > Sisymbrium
Sibling taxa
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. polyceratium
S. altissimum, S. erysimoides, S. irio, S. linifolium, S. loeselii, S. officinale, S. orientale
Synonyms Chamaeplium polyceratium
Name authority Linnaeus: Cent. Pl. II, 24. (1756) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 658. (1753)
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