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Sisymbrium officinale
Also called English watercress, Hairypod hedgemustard, Hedge mustard, Wild Mustard, Crambling Mustard, Crambling Rocket, Tumble Mustard
Hedge mustard is a tall annual or biennial weed of the cabbage family, growing to about 80 cm with small yellow flowers and slim seed pods pressed against the stem. It is a wild roadside and waste ground plant rather than a garden crop, and it is easy to grow from seed in open, sunny ground.
Sisymbrium officinale, the hedge mustard, (formerly Erysimum officinale) is a plant in the family Brassicaceae.
Once indigenous to North Africa and southern Europe, but found in Ireland, Wales and England and also in the highlands of Scotland. It is found on roadsides, wasteland and as a weed of arable land. It is now well-established throughout the world.
Tall tumblemustard · London rocket · Flax Leaved Plains Mustard · Small tumbleweed mustard · Indian hedgemustard
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisymbrium officinale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
