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Brassica nigra (Black Mustard) |
Brassica nigra (BRASSICACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Brassica nigra (L.) Koch in Röhling
Published in Deutschl. Fl. ed. 3, 4: 713 (1833) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Brassicaceae
Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Black Mustard | Maltese name(s) : | Mustarda sewda | Status for Malta : | Doubtful origin. It is not yet established if this species is native or not) | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Agricultural areas. Cultivated for its seeds (black mustard) |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual; stems up to 200 cm, branched from the middle or from near the base. Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatisect, with 1-3 pairs of lateral lobes and a much larger terminal lobe, hispid on both surfaces; upper leaves linear-oblong, entire or sinuate, glabrous; all leaves petiolate. Petals 7-13 mm, yellow. Siliqua 8-30 x 1.5-4.5 mm, attenuate into a slender, seedless beak. Pedicels 2.5-6 mm in fruit, appressed to the stem. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=16 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe but commonest in the centre and south perhaps native in parts of S. & W. Europe. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All Europe except the Balaeric Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE dAE(G) dAg dAl dAu dAz dBe Be(B L) dBH dCr Cy dDa Eg dFa dHb dHs Hs(S) IJ It LS dLu dMa Md(M P) dMk dRf dSi Si(S) Sn dSr dTn dTu(A E) dUk(K) [Au(A) Az(F L M S T) Bl(N) By Ca(G T) cCt Es Fe Ge Hb(E) Hu La Lt cMo No Po Sk Sl Su] |
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