Sisymbrium officinale




Family Brassicaceae
Scientific name Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scopoli
Synonyms Chamaeplium officinale (L.) Wallroth; Crucifera sisymbrium (E. H. L. Krause) E. H. L. Krause; Erysimum officinale L.; Erysimum officinale L. var. leiocarpum (de Candolle) Farwell; Erysimum sinapistrum (Crantz) Ruprecht; Erysimum vulgare Ruprecht; Hesperis officinalis (L.) Kuntze; Kibera officinalis (L.) Calestani; Nasturtium sisymbrium E. H. L. Krause; Phryne vulgaris Bubani; Sisymbrium leiocarpum (de Candolle) Jordan; Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scopoli var. leiocarpum de Candolle; Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scopoli var. genuinum Briquet; Sisymbrium sinapistrum Crantz; Valarum officinale (L.) Schur; Velarum officinale (L.) Reichenbach
Common name (Japanese common name) kakine-garashi (カキネガラシ, 垣根芥子 [meaning: fence mustard])
(English common name) hairy hedge mustard, hedge mustard, tumble mustard
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Russia, Caucasus, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco
Habitat Roadside, forest edge, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=14
Description Plants electing 40-80cm tall. Leaves 20cm long. Flowers yellow petals each 4mm long, flowering in April to August. Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Sisymbrium officinale (Linnaeus) Scopoli
Herbicidal compositions and methods employing esters of N-phosphonomethylglycine (US Patent 3977860/1976)
Herbicidal method (US Patent 4165229/1979)
Salts of N-phosphonomethylglycine (US Patent 4405531/1983)
Esters of N-phosphonomethylglycine (US Patent 4495363/1985)
Herbicidal combinations (US Patent 6090750/2000)
Note Naturalized plants (first reported in 1902)



April 2007
at riverside
April 2007
at riverside
April 2007
at riverside



April 2007
at riverside
April 2007
at riverside