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Sisymbrium altissimum (Tumble Mustard) |
Sisymbrium altissimum (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 : |
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
Published in Sp. Pl. 659 (1753) | 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) : | Tumble Mustard, Tall Tumble Mustard, Tall Rocket | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | 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 : | Apr-Aug | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual up to 100 cm, usually hispid at the base. First-formed basal leaves minute, oblong-obovate, subentire; later-formed basal and lower cauline leaves sinuate-pinnatifid; upper pinnate, with linear lobes. Pedicels 4-10 mm. Outer sepals with a short horn at the apex; petals 5-11 mm, pale yellow; anthers 1-2 mm. Siliqua (35-)50-100 x 1-1.5 mm; style 0.5-2.5 mm, cylindrical, with shortly 2-lobed stigma. Seeds 0.7-1.2 mm. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=14 |
Distributional range: |
C. & E.C. Europe widely naturalized elsewhere |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, ex-Jugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR,B C W K E Turkey (European part), Introduced in Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Iceland, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Norway, Russia and former USSR, Sicily and/or Malta, Sweden |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Al Ar Au(A) Bu By Ct Gr Hs(S) Hu Mk Mo dSk Sl Sr Tu(E) Uk(K U) [Be(B L) Br Cs Da Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Hb(E) He Ho Hs dIt La Lt Lu No Po Rf Rm dSi(M) Su] |
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