Hoary Alyssum
Berteroa incana (L.) DC.
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
▲▼ young plants
▲▼ mature plants
▲▼ mature plants
▲▼ flowers
▲ flower showing the four deeply notched petals
▲ fruit pods (silicles)
Hoary Alyssum:
· winter or summer annual with white flowers with four deeply-notched petals per flower
· oval, smooth-margined leaves and stems covered with hairs
· found in cool-season annual crops, pastures and range
· can be toxic to livestock
· more common in northern part of Midwest, but found in Missouri