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  • COMMON NAME: wild mustard
  • ARABIC: خردله
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Sinapis arvensis L.
  • SYNONYMS: S. mesopotamica
  • FAMILY: BRASSICACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Sometimes the fruits are hairless.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/sinapis_arvensis.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Annual herb, 20-60 cm high, often hispid, rarely glabrous. Stems erect, branched. Radical leaves large, 5-12 cm long, 2-7 cm broad. Petiolate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect to Iyrate; upper leaves nearly sessile, oblong to obovate, acute. Pedicles 3-4 mm long, thick. Flowers small, yellow. Sepals 4-5 mm long, spreading. Petals 0.5-1.2 cm long, clawed. Siliques 1.5-4.5 cm long including a conical straight beak about 1 cm; mostly tardily dehiscing by 2-torulose, 3-7 nerved valves, glabrous or hispid. Seeds dark-brown. Flowering from February to May.
Farms and gardens or roadside.
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