Hedge Mustard

(Sisymbrium officinale)

 

Color drawing: C. A. M. Lindman (1901-1905), Bilder ur Nordens Flora.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers light yellow, small, in a long, terminal cluster. Seed pods closely hug the stem. Leaves with 3 (sometimes 5) lobes, one pointing forward and the other two basal and pointing lateral. Outer margins of lobes roughly toothed. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout North America.

Habitat: Hedge Mustard is a weed found in disturbed habitats such as fields, empty lots, and roadsides.

Flowering period: May to October.

Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)

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 The combination of the long flowering stem with the seedpods hugging the stem and the tri-lobed leaves are distinctive features of Hedge Mustard.

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