Brassica integrifolia (H.West) Rupr.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Brassicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Brassica integrifolia (H.West) Rupr.

  • Description

    Species Description - Glabrous or sparingly pilose below, pale green, slightly glaucous, 8 dm. high or less. Basal and lowest eauline leaves broadly obovate, or ellipticobovate, coarsely dentate, obtuse, long-petioled, often 2-lobed near the base; upper leaves oblong to linear, few-toothed or entire, mostly acute, shortpetioled or sessile; racemes loosely several-many-flowered, erect; pedicels filiform, 6-12 mm. long; petals light yellow, 6-9 mm. long, broadly obovate, clawed; pods erect-spreading, 3-4 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick, the slender beak 4-7 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Cultivated soil, New Providence ; Great Exuma at Georgetown : Puerto Rico to St. Jan and Trinidad ; Jamaica : Yucatan ; native of Asia. Recorded by Doiley as Sinapis brassicata L. Wild Mustard.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Puerto Rico South America| St. Jan Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America| Yucatán Mexico North America| Asia|