Sinapis arvensis L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Sluisbemden, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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Common names:	Charlock (English) Wild mustard (English)
Frequency:	Rare as a naturalised escape.
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Annual herb up to 80 cm tall, with sparsely strigose stems. Lower leaves up to 20 cm, lyrate, roughly hairy; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate; margin coarsely toothed. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, yellow. Fruit 2-4 cm long with a long conical beak. Seeds reddish-brown.
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Derivation of specific name:	arvensis: of cultivated fields
Habitat:	A weed of cultivation
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Worldwide distribution:	Native of Europe and the Mediterranean.
FZ divisions:	C,E
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 1 July 2012
Literature:	Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 187 - 188. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31.

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