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Taxon:
Sinapis arvensis
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Sinapis
Family:
Brassicaceae
(alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
33965
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:668. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358689
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/02/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Sinapis arvensis
L. subsp.
allionii
(Jacq.) Baillarg.
(0 active accession[s])
Sinapis arvensis
L. subsp.
arvensis
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976-. Flora of Libya.
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-.
Flora of New Zealand.
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 117-118.
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-.
Flora zambesiaca.
FitzJohn, R. G. et al.
2007. Hybridisation within
Brassica
and allied genera: evaluation of potential for transgene escape. Euphytica 158:209-230.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008.
Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen.
1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 159.
Note:
=
Brassica kaber
Wheeler
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed.
2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope.
1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Norton, J. et al.
2009.
Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Snowdon, R. J. et al.
2000. Development and characterisation of
Brassica napus
-
Sinapis arvensis
addition lines exhibiting resistance to
Leptosphaeria maculans
.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
101:1008-1014.
Täckholm, V.
1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Warwick, S. I. et al.
2000. The biology of Canadian weeds. 8.
Sinapus arvensis
L. (updated). Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 80:939-961.
Warwick, S. I. et al.
2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
259:249-258.
Note:
lists in database
Winter, H.
2011.
Sinapis
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, oilseeds 17:275-288.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan.
1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
English
California-rape –
Reference(s)
charlock –
Reference(s)
corn mustard –
Reference(s)
field mustard –
Reference(s)
wild kale –
Reference(s)
wild mustard –
Reference(s)
Arabic
khardal –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
wild mustard –
Reference(s)
French
moutarde des champs –
Reference(s)
moutarde sauvage –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
moutarde des champs –
Reference(s)
German
Ackersenf –
Reference(s)
Italian
senape –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
mostarda-dos-campos –
Reference(s)
mostarda-silvestre –
Reference(s)
Spanish
collejón –
Reference(s)
Swedish
åkersenap –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
n.
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Kuwait
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
Al Batinah North
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Qatar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
United Arab Emirates
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kyrgyzstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Tajikistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Uzbekistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
Eastern Siberia
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
Western Siberia
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Jordan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Estonia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Latvia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Lithuania
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Moldova
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation-European part
European part
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
incl. Krym
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Czech Republic
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Slovakia
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Switzerland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Finland
s.
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Ireland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Norway
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Sweden
s.
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Croatia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
incl. Crete
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Montenegro
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
North Macedonia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Serbia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Slovenia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
incl. Baleares
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Azores
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canarias
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Honshu
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Canada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Eastern Canada
St. Pierre and Miquelon
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Subarctic America
Greenland
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Córdoba
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Entre Ríos
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Río Negro
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Tierra del Fuego
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
Alto Paraguay
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
(n.),
Egypt
,
Libya
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
United Arab Emirates
,
Kuwait
,
Oman
[Al Batinah North],
Qatar
,
Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia],
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
[Western Siberia (s.)],
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
[Eastern Siberia (s.)]
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
CHINA:
China
[Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Pakistan
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
,
Finland
(s.),
United Kingdom
,
Ireland
,
Norway
,
Sweden
(s.)
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Switzerland
,
Czech Republic
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part
[European part],
Belarus
,
Estonia
,
Lithuania
,
Latvia
,
Moldova
,
Ukraine
(incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania
,
Bulgaria
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Croatia
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
North Macedonia
,
Montenegro
,
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(incl. Baleares),
France
(incl. Corsica),
Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canarias],
Portugal
[Azores, Madeira Islands]
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Honshu]
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Greenland
EASTERN CANADA:
St. Pierre and Miquelon
REGION:
Canada
,
Mexico
,
United States
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
United States
[Puerto Rico]
BRAZIL:
Brazil
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
[Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Río Negro, Tierra del Fuego],
Paraguay
[Alto Paraguay]
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Harmful organism host
crop pests
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 133.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
to livestock fide Kingsbury, as
Brassica kaber
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 159.
Note:
=
Brassica kaber
Wheeler
Weed
Warwick, S. I. et al.
2000. The biology of Canadian weeds. 8.
Sinapus arvensis
L. (updated). Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 80:939-961.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33965
. Accessed
21 May 2025
.
Name
References