Sisymbrium officinale

Hutt Valley.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Remutaka Rail Trail.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 03/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

hedge mustard

Family

Brassicaceae

Authority

Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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SISOFF

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

Yellow

Year naturalised

1855

Origin

W., C., and S. Europe, N.W. Africa, Asia Minor

Etymology

officinale: From the Latin officina shortened from opificina which originally meant ‘workshop’ but later came to mean a monastic storeroom, herb-room or pharmacy. Refers to the plant’s medicinal value.

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