Sinapis alba L., 1753 39% complete

White mustard

Sp. pl. 2:668. 1753


Data sources

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Sourced10 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. pl. 2:668. 1753 No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name White mustard No source recorded
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Observations Europe to China No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 65 cm
  • 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 500, 818, 882, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape silique Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 70 cm
  • 69.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 500, 818, 882, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable true No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 110, 175, 178, 818, 882, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 95 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record