Taxon: Sinapis arvensis L. subsp. arvensis

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AK(as Brassica kaber)°, CO(as Brassica kaber)°, IA(as Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida)*, IL(as Brassica kaber)°, IN(as Brassica arvensis)°, MA(as Brassica arvensis)°, MN(as Brassica arvensis)°, NE(as Brassica arvensis)°, NV(as Brassica kaber)°, OH(as Brassica arvensis)°, OH(as Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida)*, OH(as Brassica kaber)°, OH(as"Sinapsis")°, SD(as Brassica arvensis)°, SD(as Brassica kaber)°, WA°, WV(as Brassica arvensis)°, WY(as "Sinapsis")°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See other conspecific taxa:

• Sinapis arvensis (38 accessions)
• Sinapis arvensis subsp. allionii (no accessions)

Common names:

• California-rape   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• charlock   (Source: F NZeal ) – English
  
• wild mustard   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  
• moutarde des champs   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• moutarde sauvage   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Ackersenf   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• senape   (Source: WorldWeeds 133.) – Italian
  
• mostarda-dos-campos   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• collejón   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop pests   (fide WorldWeeds 133. 1997)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury, as Brassica kaber; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Can Poison Pl, as S. arvensis)
  
• Weed   (fide Glea Cron ed2; Hortus 3; Dict Gard)
  

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View toxicology references for Sinapis arvensis subsp. arvensis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria
  Middle Asia: Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia [s.], Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica, probably native in the Mediterranean area]
• widely naturalized elsewhere

• probably native only in Mediterranean region

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 133.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249–258. [lists in database].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh.
  
• (=) Brassica kaber (DC.) L. C. Wheeler
  
• (=) Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida (Stokes) L. C. Wheeler
  
• (=) Brassica sinapistrum Boiss.
  
• (=) Sinapis arvensis var. orientalis (L.) W. D. J. Koch & Ziz
  
• (=) Sinapis arvensis var. schkuhriana (Rchb.) Hagenb.
  
• (=) Sinapis orientalis L.
  
• (=) Sinapis schkuhriana Rchb.
  

Check other web resources for Sinapis arvensis L. subsp. arvensis:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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