Hairy-pod Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale
Other Names:
Common Tumble Mustard, Hedge Mustard
Annual or biennial. Stems 30–50 cm. Leaves 1–20 cm long, the lateral lobes lanceolate to linear, sinuate, the terminal lobe larger, lyrate. Vestiture of sparse, simple hairs below, glabrous above. Petals 2–3 mm long. Fruits 10–17 × 1–1.5 mm; pedicels erect, 1–2 mm long, as thick as the siliques (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus bifarius (Wilson et al. 2010).