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PLANTS

Black mustard

Mutarda nigra

Plants
IntroducedHerb
Black mustard, photo 1 of 5
Black mustard, In flower
Black mustard, In fruit

Herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 40 observations of Black mustard in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak from July to September and become rare from December to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie15
  2. Estrie11
  3. Capitale-Nationale6
  4. Lanaudière4
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  6. Montréal2

Habitat

FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
Water’s edgepeupleloup
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Corn mustardMutarda arvensis
Field mustardBrassica rapa
Wild radishRaphanus raphanistrum
Yellow rocketBarbarea vulgaris
White mustardSinapis alba
RapeBrassica napus
HedgemustardSisymbrium officinale
India mustardBrassica juncea
Sweet fennelFoeniculum vulgare
Creeping yellowcressRorippa sylvestris
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis
Small tumbleweed mustardSisymbrium loeselii