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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
tall tumble mustard
Sisymbrium: Greek name for some plant of the mustard family
altissimum: Latin for "especially tall"
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 6"-40" tall forb, usually with many branches near the top |
| Flower: | pale yellow, 4-parted, 1/2" wide; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | long, thin, erect pod on stalks almost as thick as the pod |
| Leaf: | stalked, pinnately-divided |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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