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Photographer: Robert H. Read
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Family Brassicaceae
Brassica rapa L.
field mustard, rape mustard, turnip
Brassica: Latin name for "cabbage"
rapa: an old Italian name for turnips
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual, to 24" tall forb; bulbous, reddish, edible root |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted, 1/4" wide; inflorescence a loose clusters (raceme) of stalked flowers |
| Fruit: | long, thin pod, round in cross section, mostly pointing upward and widely spaced |
| Leaf: | lower leaves stalked, more or less pinnately lobed; upper leaves stalkless and clasping the stem |
| Notes: | this includes many different species, many of which are cultivated vegetables |
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