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Brassicaceae: Mustard

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Alliaria garlic mustard	1		White flowers, garlic-scented leaves, biennial; pod long, thin, 4-angled, erect	Images   Information
Alyssum madwort	1		Yellow; pod rounded, flat; pointing upward	Images   Information
Arabidopsis rock-cress	1		White; pod long, thin, pointing upward	Images   Information
Arabis rock-cress	12		White, pinkish; pod long, thin; flattened, round or 4-angled, pointing upward or downward	Images   Information
Armoracia cress, horseradish	2		White; pod roundish to oval, not drooping; petals rounded at top	Images   Information
Barbarea winter-cress, yellow-rocket	2		Yellow; pod long, thin, roundish in cross-section; leaves clasping, multi-lobed	Images   Information
Berteroa hoary-alyssum	1		White, usually several, branched, rounded heads; petals deeply 2-lobed; pod hairy, oval, erect, close to stem	Images   Information
Brassica mustard	4		Yellow; pod not flat, long and thin, pointing upward; leaves often toothed, lobed, or pinnately divided	Images   Information
Bunias wartycabbage	1		Yellow; pod short, rounded with a point, erect; leaves toothed	Images   Information
Cakile sea-rocket	2		White to pink; bushy, branched from base; succulent; lake shores; pods like figure 8, erect	Images   Information
Camelina false flax	2		Yellow; stem leaves clasping; pods roundish, erect	Images   Information
Capsella shepherd's-purse	1		White, weedy, heart-shaped seed capsules; pods heart-shaped, flat, erect	Images   Information
Cardamine bitter-cress	10		White to pink or purple, pods long, thin, upright	Images   Information
Cardaria hoary-cress, white-top	2		White, pods short, rounded with a point, erect, evenly divided into 2 segments	Images   Information
Conringia hare-ear mustard	1		Yellow, leaves broadly oblong, clasping the stem, pods long, thin, 4-angled, erect	Images   Information
Coronopus swine-cress, wart-cress	1		White to greenish, tiny flowers; pods round, tightly clustered, erect; foul odored	Images   Information
Descurainia tansy mustard	2		Yellow; feathery leaves, yellow/greenish; pods bat-shaped or long and narrow, not drooping	Images   Information
Diplotaxis wall-rocket	1		Yellow, low-growing; pods long, narrow, erect	Images   Information
Draba whitlow-grass	5		White or yellow; pods longish, less than 5 times long as wide	Images   Information
Erucastrum dog-mustard	1		Yellow; pod long, thin, 4-angled, pointing upward ; leaves pinnately divided; stem leaves not clasping	Images   Information
Erysimum blister-cress, treacle mustard, wallflower	4		Yellow; pod long, thin, 4-angled, pointing upward , with bracts; plant very hairy	Images   Information
Hesperis dame's rocket	1		Pink, purple, white; 2'-3' tall; pods long, thin, pointing upward , leaves mostly undivided	Images   Information
Iberis candytuft	1		White rounded clumped garden plant	Images   Information
Iodanthus purple rocket	1		Purple to white to 3' tall; pods long, thin, pointing upward ; lower leaves often pinnately divided	Images   Information
Lepidium peppergrass, pepperwort, tongue-grass	9		White, usually several, branched, domed heads; pods rounded, flat, often winged, erect	Images   Information
Lesquerella bladder-pod	1		Yellow flowers, silvery leaves; pods rounded, mostly pointing upward ; stem leaves not clasping	Images   Information
Lobularia sweet-alyssum	1		White to pale purple; pods elliptic, flat	Images   Information
Malcolmia Virginia stock	1		Purple, blue or white garden escape	Images   Information
Nasturtium watercress	3		White flowers; aquatic, pungent-flavored leaves; pods long, thin	Images   Information
Neslia ball mustard	1		Yellow; pods roundish, erect, pitted; leaves clasping	Images   Information
Raphanus radish	2		Yellow, white, pink, purple; coarse plant; stout root	Images   Information
Rapistrum bastard-cabbage, wild rape	1		Yellow; pods roundish, erect	Images   Information
Rorippa yellow-cress	8		Yellow; pods longish, plumpish	Images   Information
Sinapis mustard	2		Yellow, pods long, thin, sharp-pointed, erect	Images   Information
Sisymbrium hedge-mustard	3		Yellow; pods long, thin, with no bracts; leaves clasping	Images   Information
Thlaspi penny-grass, pennycress	1		White; pods roundish, notched top, erect	Images   Information