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Brassicaceae

Annual bastardcabbage

Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Rapistrum

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Annual bastardcabbage: Introduced, cool-season, annual or biennial herb, mostly 15–60 cm tall, branches ± glaucous, often bristly. Lower leaves are to 25 cm long, lyrate-pinnatisect w
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (20)
Afrikaans
Wilde mosterd
Arabic
حارة
Catalan
Rapistre rugueux
Chinese
皱果荠, 皺果薺, 假芸薹, 皱匕果芥
Czech
Řepovník svraskalý
Dutch
Bolletjesraket
English
Annual bastardcabbage, Annual bastard cabbage, Bastard cabbage, Common giant mustard, Turnipweed, Wild turnip
Finnish
Kurttusaksanretikka, Nuijasaksanretikka, Soikkosaksanretikka
French
Rapistre rugueux, Lassène, Raphanelle
German
Runzeliger Rapsdotter, Runzliger Rapsdotter, Runzliger Windsbock, Rapistre rugueux
hsb
Zamoršćeny rěpisk
Japanese
ラピストルム・ルゴスム, ラピストルム・オリエンターレ, ラピストルム・コノイデウム
Lithuanian
Rapistre rugueux
mzn
شلمبیک
Norwegian Bokmål
Vindbukk, Lodnevindbukk
Persian
شلغموش
Slovenian
Grbasta repnica
Swedish
Stäppsenap, Rapistre rugueux
Ukrainian
Ріпниця зморшкувата
Welsh
Bresychen ddeilgrech

Synonyms

  • Arthrolobus rugosus Andrz. ex DC.
  • Bunias perennis Moench
  • Bunias raphanifolia Sm.
  • Bunias verrucosa Moench
  • Cakile clavata (DC.) Spreng.
  • Cakile rugosa (L.) L'Hér. ex DC.
  • Cakile rugosa var. stylosa DC.
  • Cochlearia rugosa (L.) Crantz
  • Cordylocarpus glaber Dietr. ex Steud.
  • Crucifera erratica E.H.L.Krause
  • Crucifera rugosa E.H.L.Krause
  • Hirschfeldia hispanica (L.) Linding.
  • Myagrum clavatum Poir.
  • Myagrum hispanicum L.
  • Myagrum monospermum Forssk.
  • Myagrum orientale L.
  • Myagrum procumbens Pourr.
  • Myagrum rugosum L.
  • Myagrum rugosum var. clavatum Poir.
  • Myagrum venosum Pers.
  • Rapistrum clavatum (Poir.) DC.
  • Rapistrum confusum Pomel
  • Rapistrum conoideum Pomel
  • Rapistrum glabrum Host
  • Rapistrum hirsutum Host
  • Rapistrum hirtum Host
  • Rapistrum hispanicum (L.) Crantz
  • Rapistrum hispidum Godr.
  • Rapistrum linnaeanum Boiss. & Reut.
  • Rapistrum longeracemosum Sennen
  • Rapistrum longiracemosum Sennen
  • Rapistrum microcarpum Jord. ex Loret
  • Rapistrum nemausense (Roux ex Cabanes) P.Fourn. & Cabanes
  • Rapistrum orientale Crantz
  • Rapistrum rugosum subsp. linnaeanum (Coss.) Rouy & Foucaud
  • Rapistrum rugosum subsp. orientale (L.) Arcang.
  • Rapistrum rugosum subsp. rugosum
  • Rapistrum rugosum var. rugosum
  • Rapistrum rugosum var. stylosum (DC.) DC.
  • Rapistrum rugosum var. venosum (Pers.) DC.

and 4 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

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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.