Common name:
Hedge mustard
Family:
Scientific name:
Sisymbrium officinale
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up top 90 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, fields, waste ground
Flowers:
In elongated clusters along the upper portion of the bristly stem; flowers are small, just 3 mm in diameter, with four yellow petals and four hairy, yellowish sepals, and they are attached by short stalks
Fruit:
Cylindrical, short (up to 2 cm), held upright, close to the stem
Leaves:
Basal leaves are pinnately lobed; a round terminal lobe and up to six pairs of terminal lobes, while stem leaves are narrower, clasping, and shallowly toothed. Usually bristly-hairy; sometimes hairless
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
