Erucastrum gallicum

Common dogmustard

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Common dogmustard is a naturalized annual found in the southern San Francisco Bay region in disturbed areas and fields at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from March to September, this plant produces white or yellow flowers 4 to 8 millimeters long in open inflorescences. Growing with branched stems 30 to 65 centimeters tall covered in stiff, recurved hairs, it develops a highly adaptable growth habit. Its leaves are deeply pinnately lobed, with basal and lower cauline leaves reaching 3 to 28 centimeters long, having crenate, dentate, or lobed margins. The fruit is an elongated silique 1 to 4.5 centimeters long with a terminal segment 1.5 to 4 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields

Bloom period: Mar-Sep

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: s SnFrB (Santa Clara Valley)

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