Hedge Mustard

[Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.]

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

rosette ▲

young, mature plants ▲▼

flowering stems ▲

Hedge Mustard:  (mentioned on p. 221 in Weeds of the Great Plains;  pp. 184-185, Weeds of the Northeast)

·         annual or winter annual with deeply divided basal rosette leaves; grows 2-3’ tall

·         flowers are tiny, yellow, with short (1/2 – 1” long) pointed, silique that hugs flower stalk

·         found in crops, nurseries, non-crop areas