Yellow Crucifers
Mustard Family - Brassicaceae
Woad Isatis tinctoriaNative from South-east and eastern Europe to Turkey. Leaves are unlobed and clasp the stem at the base. The seed capsules hang in rows and tremble in the wind.
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Eastern Rocket Sisymbrium orientale
Native to the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Inda. Usually found as an urban weed or on rough, disturbed ground.
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Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to western Asia. A weedy plant of disturbed ground.
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Common Rocket Eruca vesicaria
Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to China.
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Hoary Mustard Hirschfeldia incana
Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula.
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Bastard Cabbage Rapistrum rugosum
Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Central Asia.
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Charlock Rhamphospermum arvensis
Native throughout almost all of Eurasia and Mediterranean North Africa.
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White Mustard Sinapis alba
Native throughout almost all of Eurasia and Mediterranean North Africa.
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Common Buckler-mustard Biscutella didyma
Native to the central and eastern Mediterranean Region. Frequent on dry, stony slopes and roadsides.
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Southern Warty Cabbage Bunias erucago
Native to southern and South-central Europe and scattered in ajoining parts of the Mediterranean Region. A small plant growing to 30-60cm in height. Best identified by its very distinctive seed capsules, which have sharply toothed wings on them. Stems studded with reddish, glandular bumps.
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Greek Treacle-mustard Erysimum graecum
Endemic to southern Greec and Crete.
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Corinthian Wallflower Erysimum corinthium
Native and endemic to southern Greece. Leaves smooth-margined, densely hairy. Seed capsules strongly four-angled, making them more or less square in cross-section.
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Strigose Alyssum Alyssum strigosum
Native southern Europe, from Italy eastwards to the Middle East. A tiny plant of stony places. Fruits hairy with simple and stellate hairs.
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Tiny Alison Alyssum minutum
Patchily distributed through southern and eastern Europe eastwards to the Middle East. A tiny plant of stony places. Fruits hairless
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Golden Alison Aurinia saxatilis
Native to Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula but also widely grown elsewhere as a garden ornamental.
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Common Disc Cress Clypeola jonthlaspi
Native to South-Central Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula and Central Asia. Plant 5-20cm tall, petals 1-1.5mm long.
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