| Height: | ⇕ | 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 15 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
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| Width: | ⇔ | 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | annual |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 7 to 11 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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Sinapis > |
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White mustard (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Cruciferae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B hirta . Grown for its seeds, mustard, as fodder crop or as a green manure, it is now wide spread worldwide although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.
The yellow flowers of the plant produce hairy seed pods, with each pod containing roughly a half dozen seeds. These seeds are harvested just prior to the pods becoming ripe and bursting. The blooming season of this plant is February-Marchwp.
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- w:Sinapis alba. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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