Tumble Mustard

(Sisymbrium altissimum)

 

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

 

Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)

Alien: Nature of Europe.

Identification: Flowers light yellow, in terminal clusters. Seed pods long, projecting outward and slightly upward from the stem. Leaves pinnately lobed with several pairs of linear segments. Plant highly branched. Plant 2 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout North America.

Habitat: Tumble Mustard is a weedy species found in disturbed habitats such as fields, empty lots, and roadsides.

Flowering period: May to August.

Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)

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The light yellow flowers, elongate, outward projecting seedpods, and the pinnate leaves with narrow leaf segments are highly distinctive features of Tumble Mustard.

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