Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.

 
  • Family : BRASSICACEAE
    (Mustard Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SARSON FAMILY (सरसों फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Brassicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chamaeplium officinale (L.) Wallr.; Crucifera sisymbrium E.H.L.Krause; Erysimum officinale L.; Hesperis officinalis (L.) Kuntze; Klukia officinalis (L.) Besser; Valarum officinale (L.) Schur; Velarum officinale (L.) Rchb.; Erysimum officinale var. leiocarpum (DC.) Farw.; Erysimum runcinatum Gilib.; Erysimum vulgare Rupr.; Hesperis niagarensis Kuntze; Hesperis ruderalis Kuntze; Kibera officinalis Calest.; Nasturtium nasturtium Cockerell; Phryne vulgaris Bubani; Sisymbrium leiocarpum Jord.; Sisymbrium niagarense E.Fourn.; Sisymbrium officinale subsp. leiocarpum (DC.) Piper & Beattie; Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum DC.; Sisymbrium officinale proles ruderale (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud; Sisymbrium officinale f. simplex Bolzon; Sisymbrium officinarum Crantz; Sisymbrium ruderale Jord.; Velarum leiocarpum (DC.) Tzvelev; Velarum officinale subsp. leiocarpum (DC.) Tzvelev; Velarum tzvelevii V.I.Dorof.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
  • Common name : Hedge Mustard, Common hedge mustard, Oriental mustard, Tumble mustard, Wild mustard
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Annual herb; Stems light green to purplish green, glaucous; Leaves alternate; Upper stems terminate in long slender racemes of yellow flowers; axillary racemes from the upper leaves; Flowers concentrated toward the apex of each raceme; Seedpods small narrowly cylindrical.
  • Distribution :
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ira
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dinesh Valke
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sisymbrium officinale. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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