Sisymbrium altissimum L.
tall tumble-mustard (tall tumblemustard)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
tall tumble-mustard (tall tumblemustard)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Vince Poulin (Photo ID #26670)
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, 0.2-1.5 m tall, freely branched, sparsely to heavily stiff-hairy near the base but usually glabrous above.
Leaves:
Basal leaves broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-20 cm long, 0.8-5 cm wide, stalked; lower stem leaves lobed or pinnately-cut, toothed; upper stem leaves with lobes or leaflets threadlike to linear.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of spreading or ascending stalks, 4-10 mm long, stout; petals pale yellowish, 6-8 mm long; sepals 3-4.5 mm long, glabrous, outer 2 with erect horns at tip.
Fruits:
Siliques, spreading, linear, 5-10 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, about same diameter as fruiting stalks, round in cross section, rigid and branchlike; segments with prominent midnerve, evident lateral nerves; stylar beaks none; seeds uniseriate, about 1 mm long, slightly gelatinous when wet.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Sisymbrium altissimum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
696 | 335 | 2290 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
19 | 0 | 86 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
173 | 0 | 346 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
84 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(28), ICH(1), IDF(20), PP(25) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry fields and waste places in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common in S BC; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Norta altissima (L.) Britton