Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) Login         


        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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