Erysimum officinale L.
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. leiocarpum DC.
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Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. Hedge mustard
Hedge mustard shows up in hedge banks, uncultivated ground, disturbed areas, waste ground, meadows, and cultivated land. It is native to Europe, including Britain, south and east from Scandanavia to North Africa and the Near East. It is naturalized in North America. Plants: Plants are 18-42" (45-106 cm) high, with an erect light green to purplish green stem that is round, branched, and leafy. Leaves: A basal rosette of leaves form first, looking a little like dandelion leaves (petiolate-pinnatifid). Lower leaves are up to 8" (20 cm) × 2" (5 cm). Upper leaves are oblong-lanceolate, often hastate, becoming progressively smaller, and are divided into three lobes. Flowers: Stems are tipped by narrow racemes of small pale yellow flowers. Each flower has four petals, four green to yellow sepals, a central style, and several stamens. Fruits: Narrow, cylindrical seedpods (siliques), less than ⅝" (1.7 cm) in length. Medical: Hedge mustard does not have any proven uses. Folk medicine sometimes used it for laryngitis and hoarseness, chronic bronchitis, and inflammation of the gallbladder. Online References:
The New England Wildflower Society’s GoBotany site Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants References:
Clemants, Steven; Gracie, Carol, Wildflowers in the Field and Forest, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 144 Multiple Authors, PDR for Herbal Medicines, Thomson Healthcare Inc., 2007, p. 434
6/26/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Dunstable, Dunstable, Massachusetts Sisymbrium officinale description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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6/26/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Dunstable, Dunstable, Massachusetts
6/26/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Dunstable, Dunstable, Massachusetts
6/26/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Dunstable, Dunstable, Massachusetts
6/26/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Dunstable, Dunstable, Massachusetts Range:
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