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Latin name: Brassica kaber
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Family: Brassicaceae
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Common name: wild mustard
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Life cycle: winter annual, reproduces
by seed only.
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Habit: Wild mustard can grow 1 to
3 feet tall. Habit is erratic and freely branching.
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Foliage: Leaves are serrated, glossy
green, and with sunken veins. Lower foliage is deeply lobed, while
upper leaves are entire.
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Flower: Flowers are yellow with 4
petals. Flowers occur in racemes.
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Seedlings: Cotyledons are large and
distinctly different in shape compared to true leaves. Cotyledons have
smooth margins, and are kidney shaped. First true leaves have serrated
margins and are elliptical in shape.
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Look alikes: Bird's rape mustard (Brassica rapa)
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