Species category

Weed

Common name

wild radish

Diagnostic characters

Identification notes

PodsPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
of wild radish are linear, strongly ribbed and constricted between the seeds like a string of beads. At maturity the podsPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
break up along these constrictions into cylindrical segments; these bony, indehiscent segments are the units commonly present in crop seed samples. The seeds confined within the podPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
segments are ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
and dark brown.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

AOSA examination list

Included

More information

For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.

Nomenclature