Brassicaceae
Purple mistress
Moricandia arvensis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Moricandia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- حم حقلي, الحم, كرنب الجمل, كرنب بري, خفج حقلي, فجيلة حقلية
- Catalan
- Coletxó, Colèjol, Moricàndia
- English
- Purple mistress
- Estonian
- Lilla sinisinep
- Swedish
- Blåsenap
Synonyms
- Agrosinapis arvensis (L.) Fourr.
- Brassica arvensis L.
- Brassica purpurea Mill.
- Crantzia frutescens Lag. ex DC.
- Diplotaxis arvensis Bluff, Nees & Schauer
- Diplotaxis brassiciformis Koch ex Boiss.
- Eruca arvensis Noulet
- Erucastrum decandollei K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
- Hesperis arvensis Cav.
- Moricandia arvensis subsp. arvensis
- Moricandia arvensis var. garamantum (Maire) Maire
- Moricandia arvensis var. robusta Batt.
- Moricandia longirostris Pomel
- Sinapis mesopotamica Spreng.
- Turritis arvensis W.T.Aiton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.