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Tall Tumble-mustard - Sisymbrium altissimum
Other Names:
Tall Hedge-mustard, Tall Tumblemustard, Tumbleweed
Non-native Species
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C-value:
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General Description
Stems 20–80 cm. Leaves 1–20 cm long, the lobes linear to oblong, dentate. Vestiture of long, simple hairs below, glabrous above. Petals 6–9 mm long. Fruits 4–8 cm × ca. 1 mm; pedicels spreading, 5–10 mm long, as thick as the siliques
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Range Comments
Introduced throughout North America (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 483
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Disturbed soil of grasslands, steppe, fields, streambanks, roadsides; plains, valleys, montane
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Management
References
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Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M. T. Lavin, and P. F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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