Common Name: wild mustard, charlock, field mustard
Scientific Name: Brassica kaber (DC.) L.C. Wheeler, syn. Brassica arvensis, Sinapis arvensis
Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - winter or summer annual, reproducing by seed

stems - upright, branched above, bristly hairs near base (may be absent)

leaves - alternate, oval to obovate; lower leaves petioled, irregularly lobed with toothed margins; upper leaves small, unlobed, clasping or with short petioled leaves

flowers - 4-petaled, yellow; terminal clusters flowers

seedpods - silique, round, 4-sided beak at tip seepods

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