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Sinapis alba L.
white mustard

   
Symbol: SIAL5
Group: Dicot
Family: Brassicaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
  
  
  
  
  



Photograph of Sinapis alba L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Hungary.
 
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Synonyms:
Sinapis alba L.

  BRAL7 Brassica alba Rabenh., non L.
  BRHI2 Brassica hirta Moench
 

Distribution by State:
Sinapis alba L.

Distributional Map for Sinapis alba L.
Distribution Map Legend

Sinapis alba L. distribution:
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

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

 

Related Taxa:
Sinapis alba L.

107 genera in Brassicaceae, 2 species in Sinapis
Distribution of Sinapis alba L. ssp. dissecta (Lag.) Bonnier. .
Sinapis alba ssp. dissecta
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Sinapis alba L.

     
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   Sinapis L. – mustard
Species   Sinapis alba L. – white mustard
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Sinapis alba L.

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:
Sinapis
mustard Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sinapis alba L.

Sinapis
mustard

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.
 

Introduced Information:
Sinapis alba L.

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

 

 

 
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