Sinapis arvensis L.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Brassicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sinapis arvensis L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Erect, 3-6 dm. high, hispid with scattered stiff hairs, or glabrate. Leaves oblong to elliptic, dentate, denticulate or subpinnatifid; flowers 1-1.6 em. broad; pedicels stout; pods glabrous, spreading or ascending, somewhat constricted between the seeds, 1-1.6 cm. long, 2 mm. wide, tipped with a flattened elongatedconic often 1-seeded beak 10-12 mm. long, the valves strongly nerved.

  • Distribution

    Waste grounds near Nassau. New Providence, Native of Europe : naturalized in continental North America and also in Bermuda and Jamaica. Charlock.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Jamaica South America|