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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
black mustard

   
Symbol: BRNI
Group: Dicot
Family: Brassicaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
HI    I
CAN    I



Photograph of Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2001.
 
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Synonyms:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

  SINI4 Sinapis nigra L.
 

Distribution by State:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Distributional Map for Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
Distribution Map Legend

Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch distribution:
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV

 

Related Taxa:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

107 genera in Brassicaceae, 19 species in Brassica
 

Classification:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Dilleniidae
Order   Capparales
Family   Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus   Brassica L. – mustard
Species   Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch – black mustard
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Michigan:
Brassica
mustard Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

black mustard
shortpod mustard
Brassica
mustard

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/inventory/index.php, 1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
HEAR USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (http://www.hear.org, 20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Introduced Information:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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