Taxon: Sisymbrium altissimum L.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• tall mustard   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• tall rocket   (Source: F Iraq ) – English
  
• tall sisymbrium   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• tumble mustard   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• tumbleweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• hohe Rauke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• ungarische Rauke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• hamnsenap   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (to virusus of crop plants fide fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Kurgan, Novosibirsk
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria [e.]; Hungary
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Buryatia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk
  China: China - Liaoning, Xinjiang, Xizang
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Belgium; Czech Republic; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Greenland
  Canada
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sisymbrium altissimum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sisymbrium altissimum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Sisymbrium altissimum.

Check other web resources for Sisymbrium altissimum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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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