Neslia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Neslia Desv. |
Species: | N. paniculata
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Binomial name | |
Neslia paniculata (L.)
Desv.
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Synonyms | |
Myagrum paniculatum L. [1] |
Neslia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. [2] The only extant species is Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv. [3]
Neslia paniculata (commonly called ball mustard) is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. The name comes from the ball-shaped fruits that contain a single seed within an indehiscent fruit coat. [4] It is an annual where the seeds germinate in autumn to winter and grow into a flattened rosette of leaves that develop vertical flowering stems in the spring. These can be up to 1 metre tall. The flowers open in late spring/early summer and the seeds are mature by summer. [5]
It is a native plant of temperate regions of Eurasia. [6] It can also be found in much of the northern and southern regions of the Americas, Australia and also Britain. [7] [8] It is considered a weed in many of these regions introduced from agricultural seed and can be a problem in cereal and especially other brassica crops. Its seed pods can contaminate harvests of mustard and rape/canola, even after cleaning. At the other end of the spectrum, within some its original region it has become a threatened or rare arable plant as a consequence of improved agricultural practices. [4]
Neslia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Neslia Desv. |
Species: | N. paniculata
|
Binomial name | |
Neslia paniculata (L.)
Desv.
| |
Synonyms | |
Myagrum paniculatum L. [1] |
Neslia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. [2] The only extant species is Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv. [3]
Neslia paniculata (commonly called ball mustard) is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. The name comes from the ball-shaped fruits that contain a single seed within an indehiscent fruit coat. [4] It is an annual where the seeds germinate in autumn to winter and grow into a flattened rosette of leaves that develop vertical flowering stems in the spring. These can be up to 1 metre tall. The flowers open in late spring/early summer and the seeds are mature by summer. [5]
It is a native plant of temperate regions of Eurasia. [6] It can also be found in much of the northern and southern regions of the Americas, Australia and also Britain. [7] [8] It is considered a weed in many of these regions introduced from agricultural seed and can be a problem in cereal and especially other brassica crops. Its seed pods can contaminate harvests of mustard and rape/canola, even after cleaning. At the other end of the spectrum, within some its original region it has become a threatened or rare arable plant as a consequence of improved agricultural practices. [4]