Sp. Pl. 669 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual. Root wiry or stout. Stems erect, 15–50(–150) cm high, bristly. Sepals 5–10 mm long, erect; petals 12–20 mm long, yellow or white. Fruit erect, 2–9 cm long (including beak), 3–4(–6) mm wide; valves firm, constricted between seeds, readily breaking into ribbed, bony, 1-seeded units; beak narrowly conical, 10–30 mm long; pedicel 10–25 mm long; seeds usually 1–12, 1–4 mm long, light brown.
*CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalized all States, Asia, the Americas. Probably native to Europe and northern Africa. Flowers winter-spring.
Without fruit, this species may be confused with Sinapis arvensis but that species has spreading sepals and darker yellow petals.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |