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Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)
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Flower
Yellow
4 Petals
Alternate
Basal
Typical Height
Annual
Not Native
Description
Height 1 - 4 ft.
CA Bloom May - Jul
Tumble Mustard forms a loose ball of green stems and yellow flowers, that turns into tumbleweed when it dries out.
Small yellow mustard flowers have 4 petals and are distributed around the whole plant.
Leaves are thin and lobed.
Found in disturbed ares.
Not CA native
AKA Tumbling Mustard, Tall Tumblemustard
Mustard Family (Brassicaceae)
This troublesome non-native turns into tumbleweed when it dries out.
Small 4-petaled flowers generate long thin fruits.
The thready things are fruits. Notice lots of space between stems, fruit and flowers.
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