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Brassica nigra

Brassica nigra.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Brassica nigra.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Brassica nigra.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Brassica nigra.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

black mustard

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Authority

Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Ecology

Year naturalised

1870

Origin

Europe, N. Africa, S.W. Asia

Other information

Etymology

brassica: From the Latin brassica used by Pliny the Elder, derived from the Celtic bresic, the name for cabbage.

nigra: Black