Brassica nigra, Black mustard - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Black mustard

Botanical name & synonyms: Brassica nigra, Brassica bracteolata, Brassica sinapioides, Sinapis nigra, Sinapis tetraedra, Sinapis gorraea, Sinapis bracteolata, Brassica melanosinapis, Brassica brachycarpa, Sinapis incana, Sisymbrium nigrum, Mutarda nigra, Erysimum glabrum, Crucifera sinapis

Family: Mustard flowers, crucifers, cabbage family (Brassicaceae)

• native to Mediterranean region
  

• annual
  

• 30 to 200cm
  

• flower VI to VII
  

• plant community: ruderal, wasteland
  

• medicinal & culinary herb
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 2 gram