Yellow Mustard (12)
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Flowers in the Mustard family have regular flowers with four petals. They are usually in clusters of tiny flowers. Many are considered weeds. There are many more members of this family, including the yellow Wallflowers, Bladderpods and Drabas, and the white Mustards. |
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Tall Tumble Mustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) A 4 feet tall, open plant with pale yellow flowers. Upper leaves are thread-like, basal leaves large and lobed. The plant becomes brittle and breaks off at the base becoming a tumbleweed.
Flora of North America reference. |
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Western Tansymustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows in colonies with a stout reddish stem. Leaves are finely cut.
Flora of North America reference. |
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Mountain Tansymustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows to 4 feet branching above the middle of the stem. Leaves are deeply divided. Seed pods are pointed, erect, less than ½".
Flora of North America reference. |
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Sierra Tansymustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows 3-4 feet branching above the middle with deeply lobed leaves. Seed pods are pointed, erect, less than ¼" long.
Flora of North America reference. |
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Herb Sophia Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows to 30" with a single erect stem. Leaves are bright green and velvety and cut into narrow segments. Seed pods are 1" long, pointed and point upwards. Flora of North America reference. |
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Blunt Tansymustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows with and is similar to Herb Sophia but can be
taller, growing to 4 feet, and has grayish green leaves. See photo below. Flora of North America reference. |
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Blunt Tansymustard & Herb Sophia Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae)
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Wild Alyssum Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows to 10" in dense patches with tiny flowers. The whole plant is coarsely hairy. Fruits are round and 1/8" across. Flora of North America reference. |
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Winter Cress Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows to 20" with fleshy leaves grasping the stem. Flora of North America reference. |
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Flaxleaf Plainsmustard Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows in dense colonies to 2 feet with almost leafless stems, a few narrow bluish-green leaves and long narrow seed pods. . Flora of North America reference. |
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Alpine Yellowcress Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Spreads to 15" across the ground with fleshy, lobed leaves. Flora of North America reference. |
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Bog Yellowcress Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows from 12" to 40" as it matures and elongates. Basal leaves are coarsely toothed and lobed with the terminal lobe much larger. Stem leaves are not lobed. Flowers are tiny, about 1/8" across, and grow in a compact cluster at the tip with the seed pods developing below. Seed pods are cylindrical about 1/3" long. Flora of North America reference. |
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Wild Rocket Family:
Mustard (Brassicaceae) Grows to 2 feet high with a rosette of basal leaves. The leaves are long and narrow with deep lobes and are edible. Bright yellow flowers with four rounded petals grow in clusters at the end of light green stems. The seed pods are 1 to 2" inches long, slender and erect. Flora of North America reference. |
Seed pods are ½" long and blunt at
both ends.