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

       
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Photo of Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2001. Usage Requirements.
 
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Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

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

  SINI4 Sinapis nigra L.
 

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

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Distribution Map Legend

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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)
 

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

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 19 species in Brassica
 

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

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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. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

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 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (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. 630pp.
 

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. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23061.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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

Arizona: abstract & image of black mustard (Brassica nigra)

California State University, San Bernardino, Biology: image

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract & bibliography

 
 
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