Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Charlock Mustard - Rhamphospermum arvense   (Linnaeus) Al-Shehbaz
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Author(Linnaeus) Al-Shehbaz
DistributionScattered in the Coastal Plain; also 3 counties in the Mountains, but these have no images or data (herbarium WCUH).

Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout.
AbundanceRare.
HabitatRoadside ditchbank, vacant lot in Raleigh, roadside edge of pine savanna (Craven Co.).
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting April-July.
IdentificationThis species is much like S. alba, but the pod beak is round in cross-section and the pod is glabrous. The stems may also be glabrous.
Taxonomic CommentsFormerly named as Sinapis arvensis, and before that as Brassica kaber RAB 1968).

Other Common Name(s)Wild Mustard
State RankSE
Global RankGNR
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