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Chorispora tenella
Also called Blue Mustard, Purple Mustard, Bluemustard, Musk Mustard, Mustard, Beanpodded Mustard, Common Blue Mustard
Crossflower (Chorispora tenella) is a weedy annual mustard from Eurasia, with lavender to pink flowers, grown mainly as a wild plant rather than a garden ornamental. It is treated as a noxious weed in many temperate regions, so it is best left out of home gardens.
Chorispora tenella is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including purple mustard, blue mustard, musk mustard, and crossflower. This mustard is native to parts of Eurasia but is well known in other parts of the world, particularly in temperate regions, as an introduced species and a noxious weed.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
