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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. |