| Neslia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Neslia Desv. |
| Species: | N. paniculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv. | |
| Synonyms | |
Myagrum paniculatumL. [1] | |
Neslia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. [2] The only extant species is Neslia paniculata(L.) Desv. [3]
Neslia paniculata (commonly called ball mustard) is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. The name comes from the ball-shaped fruits that contain a single seed within an indehiscent fruit coat. [4] It is an annual where the seeds germinate in autumn to winter and grow into a flattened rosette of leaves that develop vertical flowering stems in the spring. These can be up to 1 metre tall. The flowers open in late spring/early summer and the seeds are mature by summer. [5]
It is a native plant of temperate regions of Eurasia. [6] It can also be found in much of the northern and southern regions of the Americas, Australia and also Britain. [7] [8] It is considered a weed in many of these regions introduced from agricultural seed and can be a problem in cereal and especially other brassica crops. Its seed pods can contaminate harvests of mustard and rape/canola, even after cleaning. At the other end of the spectrum, within some its original region it has become a threatened or rare arable plant as a consequence of improved agricultural practices. [4]
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