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Field Mustard (Brassica rapa)

Image ID: 2013/mtr149

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Other common names: Rape
Introduced
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Height: 2 to 2.5 ft. (shrub)
Blooms: June to October
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Regular blooms, 4 parts
Location: Montour Trail
Date:  5/12/2013
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Field Mustard may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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