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White Mustard (Sinapis alba)

Description

White mustard-(Sinapis alba) is an-annual plant-of the family-Brassicaceae. 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 widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region. White mustard is an annual, growing to 70 cm high with stalkless pinnate leaves. Similar to Sinapis arvensis

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Brassicales

            • Family: Brassicaceae

              • Genus: Sinapis