Photographer: Kitty Kohout
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
tall tumble mustard
Sisymbrium: Greek name for some plant of the mustard family
altissimum: Latin for "especially tall"
|Status: ||Introduced - naturalized|
|Plant: ||erect, annual, 6"-40" tall forb, usually with many branches near the top|
|Flower: ||pale yellow, 4-parted, 1/2" wide; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July|
|Fruit:||long, thin, erect pod on stalks almost as thick as the pod|
|Habitat: ||disturbed sites|