Hedge-mustard

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Sisymbrium
Species: S. officinale
Binomial name
Sisymbrium officinale

Hedge mustard is a plant, Sisymbrium officinale of the family Cruciferae. It is found on roadsides, wasteland and as a weed of arable land. A native of Europe and North Africa, it is now well-established throughout the world.

It is separate from, but closely related to, the Mustard plants which belong to the genus Brassicaceae.

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