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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Brassicaceae
Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz
common dog-mustard, dog-mustard
Erucastrum: resembling the genus Eruca
gallicum: from France
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 12"-24" tall forb |
| Flower: | pale yellow to whitish, 4-parted, 1/3" - 1/2" wide, petals rounded at the top, narrowing toward the base; inflorescence a dense cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers with bracts below; blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | elongated, thin, 4-angled pod usually curving upward; seeds in 1 row |
| Leaf: | lower leaves oblong, deeply pinnately-divided with the end leaflet longest; stem leaves not clasping, getting smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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