Brassicaceae
White ballmustard
Calepina irregularis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Calepina
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- تمت
- arz
- تمت
- Corsican
- Erba bianca
- Czech
- Katránička různolistá
- Dutch
- Kalkraket
- English
- White ballmustard
- French
- Calépine
- German
- Wendich
- Slovenian
- Navadna kropilnica
- Swedish
- Nötsenap
Synonyms
- Bunias cochlearioides M.Bieb.
- Calepina corvini (All.) Desv.
- Calepina ruellii Bubani
- Cochlearia auriculata Lam.
- Cochlearia lyrata Sm.
- Crambe amplexicaulis [Soland.]
- Crambe bursifolia L'Hér. ex DC.
- Crambe corvini All.
- Crucifera corvini (All.) E.H.L.Krause
- Laelia corvini (All.) Samp.
- Laelia iberioides Pers.
- Laelia irregularis (Asso) Samp.
- Myagrum bursifolium Thuill.
- Myagrum erucaefolium Vill.
- Myagrum erucifolium Vill.
- Myagrum erucoides Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Myagrum iberioides Brot.
- Myagrum irregulare Asso
- Rapistrum bursifolium J.P.Bergeret
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 222 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Federico Biguzzi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.