| Strigosella africana | |
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| Individual near Lake Mead, southern Nevada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Strigosella |
| Species: | S. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigosella africana | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Strigosella africana, or African mustard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant which ranges from the Mediterranean Basin through western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, southern and Eastern European Russia, and Mongolia to India and China. It has naturalized elsewhere, including much of western North America and parts of France, Central Europe, and Argentina. [1] It is invasive in Nevada and Utah.
It is an annual herb growing in a prostrate patch or clump with stiff, furry stems up to half a meter long. The mustardlike flowers are pink to lavender and yield siliques up to 6 centimeters long.
