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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : brsni

Scientific name: Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Sinapis nigra L., Brassica sinapioides Roth.

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: black mustard

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Schwarzer Senf ; ES : mostaza negra ; FR : chou noir ; IT : cavolo nero ; PT : mostarda-negra ; EN : black mustard ;

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons : cordiform almost bilobate with conspicuous central vein.

- Leaves : ovate with margin lobate-crenate.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height : 30-100 cm.

- Stem : erect, hispid, branched.

- Leaves : alternate, petiolate, hispid, rarely glabrous ; the lower up to 15x5 cm, dark green, lyrate-pinnactisect, with 1-3 pairs of lateral lobes ; the cauline more or less entire.

- Inflorescence : lenghtened raceme ; sepals erect-patent, 3-4.5 mm; flowers with yellow petals 7-9x2-2.5 mm.

- Fruit : erect siliqua 15-20x1.5 mm, appressed to the axis at maturation; peduncle 2-3 mm; beak 2 mm.

- Risk of confusion with: other species of the same genus.

- Biological type : annual.

Mistake with: Brassica

Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     Great Britain  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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