Indian Mustard, Chinese Mustard
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
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Indian Mustard, Chinese Mustard, Brown Mustard:
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Asian-native, winter annual that first produces a rosette of 3-10 inch long,
smooth to slightly-hairy, leaves that are lobed in their lower portions;
terminal lobe is more rounded at tip than similar
wild mustard leaves
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Grows 1 – 5 feet” tall, with smaller, oblong leaves on stems
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Flowers small, yellow in
terminal racemes
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Produces 0.75-2.5 inch long pods
that stand out from stalk, and abundant seeds
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Common in winter annual crops; can be high in nitrates and oxalates that can
cause livestock toxicity, if grazed