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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Brassicaceae
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
hedge-mustard
Sisymbrium: Greek name for some plant of the mustard family
officinale: Latin generally meaning "of the shops" or "sold in the marketplace" or "official"
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 12"-32" tall forb |
| Flower: | light yellow, 4-parted, 1/3" wide; inflorescence a stiff cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | long, thin pod held near the stem |
| Leaf: | lower leaves stalked, deeply pinnately-divided with the end segment rounded and toothed; upper leaves stalkless, often un-divided, smaller |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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