Species
Black mustard
Brassica nigra
Varieties
1 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black mustardBSI-H800900 | — |
| Details |
Brassica nigra is an upright annual with larger lower leaves and smaller, narrower leaves higher on the stem.
Flowers and foliage
Yellow four-petalled flowers are followed by slender pods that split to release dark brown or black seeds. The change in leaf size along the stem and the dark seed colour help identify this mustard among related Brassicaceae.
Leaf form, flowers and dark seeds
Black Mustard is offered as seed for sowing within the reseller assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Brassica nigra
- Common names
- black mustard
- Synonyms
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- Brassica brachycarpa P.Candargy, Brassica bracteolata Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Brassica elongata var. longipedicellata Halácsy ex Formánek, Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch, Brassica nigra f. breviflora Zapał., Brassica nigra f. condensata Hausskn., Brassica nigra f. dentifera Zapał., Brassica nigra f. glabrata Zapał., Brassica nigra f. hispida O.E.Schulz, Brassica nigra proles persoonii Rouy & Foucaud, Brassica nigra proles turgida (Pers.) Rouy & Foucaud, Brassica nigra subsp. hispida (O.E.Schulz) Gladis, Brassica nigra var. abyssinica A.Braun, Brassica nigra var. bracteolata (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Spach ex Coss., Brassica nigra var. carneodentata Kuntze, Brassica nigra var. subglabra Kuntze, Brassica nigra var. torulosa (Pers.) Alef., Brassica nigra var. turgida (Pers.) Alef., Brassica nigra var. vulgaris Alef., Brassica persoonii Rouy & Foucaud, Brassica sinapioides Roth, Brassica sinapioides Roth ex W.D.J.Koch, Brassica sinapis Noulet, Brassica turgida Rouy & Foucaud, Crucifera sinapis (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Erysimum glabrum C.Presl, Melanosinapis communis Spenn., Melanosinapis nigra (L.) Calest., Raphanus sinapis-officinalis Crantz, Rhamphospermum nigrum (L.) Al-Shehbaz, Sinapis bracteolata G.Don, Sinapis erysimoides Roxb., Sinapis gorraea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Sinapis nigra L., Sinapis nigra var. torulosa (Pers.) Mérat, Sinapis nigra var. turgida (Pers.) Mérat, Sinapis orgyalis Willd. ex Ledeb., Sinapis persoonii (Rouy & Foucaud) A.Chev., Sinapis torulosa Pers., Sinapis turgida A.Chev., Sinapis turgida Pers., Sisymbrium nigrum (L.) Prantl
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Brassica
- Species
- Brassica nigra