| Dicotyledon | Literature for Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Sisymbrium officinale Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Brassicaceae -- The Caper, Mustard Family | Bibliography |
| Sisymbrium officinale | |
Common name(s): hedge mustard, hedge mustard |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe, now widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Erect, unbranched to many-branched annual herbs, hirsute at least below. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid to pinnately divided, 7-15 cm long, usually 3-7 cm wide, the segments coarsely dentate, upper leaves smaller, lanceolate to hastate. |
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| Flowers |
Pedicels stout, erect, ca. 2 mm long in fruit; sepals ca. 2 mm long, sparsely hirsute; petals pale yellow, ca. 3 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Siliques subulate, strictly erect and appressed to the stem, 1-2 cm long, hirsute or glabrous. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds ca. 1 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 14 |
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