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Taxon:  Sinapis arvensis L. subsp. arvensis



Summary
Genus:
Sinapis
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
318926
Verified:
07/16/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Sinapis arvensis L. (0 active accession[s])
Sinapis arvensis L. subsp. allionii (Jacq.) Baillarg. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Sinapis arvensis L. var. arvensis

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica kaber (DC.) L. C. Wheeler
Brassica kaber (DC.) L. C. Wheeler var. kaber
Brassica kaber (DC.) L. C. Wheeler var. pinnatifida (Stokes) L. C. Wheeler
Brassica sinapistrum Boiss.
Sinapis arvensis L. var. orientalis (L.) W. D. J. Koch & Ziz
Sinapis arvensis L. var. schkuhriana (Rchb.) Hagenb.
Sinapis orientalis L.
Sinapis schkuhriana Rchb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  5. Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 133.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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  14. Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  16. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists in database
Common names
English
California-rape –
charlock –
wild mustard –
French
moutarde des champs –
moutarde sauvage –
German
Ackersenf –
Italian
senape –
Portuguese
mostarda-dos-campos –
Spanish
collejón –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
4Naturalized    widely natzd. elsewhere
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberias.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberias.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica, probably native in the Mediterranean area
6Other    probably native only in Mediterranean region
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), Portugal
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (s.)]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica, probably native in the Mediterranean area)
Other (probably native only in Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hostcrop pests Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 133.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Sinapis arvensisMunro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
Weed  Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Weed  Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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=318926. Accessed 21 May 2025.