Sisymbrium altissimum

Species category

Weed

Common name

tumbleweed mustard, tall hedge-mustard, tall tumblemustard, Jim Hill mustard

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Rectangular

Size

  • Length 1–1.2 mm 
  • Width 0.5–0.7 mm 
  • Thickness 0.4–0.6 mm 

Color

Brown with green markings in the grooves

Texture

Shiny; rough with tubercles

Other structures

Longitudinal groove present between lobes.

Identification notes

Seeds are compressed rectangular with one surface flat and the other humped. Margins of cotyledonsCotyledon:
The modified storage leaf or pair of leaves of an embryo and seedling (see primary leaf).
marked with a green line. Color is light brownish green. Surface is relatively smooth with some undulations. Seeds somewhat smaller than S. officinale.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Brassicaceae

Valid name

Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Synonyms

Norta altissima (L.) Britton

 Sisymbrium altissimum.  True seeds with a Longitudinal groove between lobes. 
Sisymbrium altissimum. True seeds with a Longitudinal groove between lobes. 
From Left to Right: 1.  Sisymbrium officinale  2. Sisymbrium altissimum  3.  Camelina microcarpa .
From Left to Right: 1. Sisymbrium officinale 2.Sisymbrium altissimum 3. Camelina microcarpa.