Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific Name: Erucastrum gallicum
Common Name: Common Dog Mustard, Dog Mustard
Description | An escaped plant commonly found in disturbed areas. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | pale yellow to whitish, 4-parted, 1/3" - 1/2" wide, a raceme, bracts below |
Fruit | pod, 4 angled, reddish to light brown seeds |
Leaves | green, base leaves oblong and pinnately parted, stem leaves become progressively smaller |
Roots | slender tap root |
Propagation | seeds |
Native Site | Eurasia |
Notes & Reference | #81-Weeds of Northern US and Canada (Royer and Dickinson),
#218-Flora of Wisconsin (wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu) |
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