Brassicaceae
White mustard
Sinapis alba
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sinapis
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Common names
By language (56)
- Arabic
- خردل أبيض, أسفند, اسفند, سينابس أبيض, كبر ابيض
- arz
- خردل ابيض
- Asturian
- Xébana blanca
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ xardal
- Belarusian
- Гарчыца белая
- Bulgarian
- Бял синап
- Catalan
- Mostassa blanca
- Chinese
- 白芥, 白芥子, 芥子, 胡芥, 蜀芥
- Croatian
- Bijela gorušica
- cv
- Шурă пăрăç
- Czech
- Hořčice bílá, Hořčice setá
- Danish
- Gul sennep
- Divehi
- ރީނދޫ ރެވި
- dsb
- Běły žonop
- Dutch
- Witte mosterd, Gele mosterd
- English
- White mustard, Yellow mustard
- Esperanto
- Blanka sinapo
- Estonian
- Valge sinep, Brassica hirta
- Finnish
- Keltasinappi
- French
- Moutarde blanche
- frr
- Witj senep
- Galician
- Mostaza branca, Mostaza blanca
- German
- Weisser Senf, Weißer Senf, Gelbsenf
- gv
- Brashlagh rangagh, Brassica alba, Brassica hirta
- Hebrew
- חרדל לבן
- hsb
- Běły žonop
- Hungarian
- Fehér mustár, Angol mustár, Fehér repce
- Indonesian
- Sesawi putih, Brassica alba, Brassica hirta, Mustar putih, Mustard putih, White mustard, Yellow mustard
- Italian
- Brassica alba
- Japanese
- シロガラシ, 白芥子
- Korean
- 백겨자
- kw
- Kedhow
- lah
- چٹی راءی
- Lithuanian
- Baltoji garstyčia, Garstyčia
- Macedonian
- Бел синап
- Malay
- Sesawi putih
- Mongolian
- Цагаан гич
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvitsennep
- Persian
- خردل سفید
- Polish
- Gorczyca biała, Gorczyca jasna
- Portuguese
- Mostarda-branca
- Quechua
- Yuraq mustasa
- Romanian
- Muştar alb, Muștar alb
- Russian
- Горчица белая, Горчица английская
- sat
- ᱯᱩᱸᱰ ᱛᱩᱲᱤ
- sgs
- Garstītis
- Slovak
- Horčica biela
- Slovenian
- Bela gorjušica, Bela gorčica
- Spanish
- Mostaza blanca, Brassica alba, Mostaza amarilla
- Swedish
- Vitsenap, Linsenap, Semina sinapis alba, Vanlig vitsenap
- Tamil
- வெள்ளைக் கடுகு
- Turkish
- Beyaz hardal
- Ukrainian
- Гірчиця біла
- Uzbek
- Oq xantal
- Vietnamese
- Mù tạt trắng
- Welsh
- Mwstard gwyn
Synonyms
- Bonannia officinalis C.Presl
- Crucifera lampsana E.H.L.Krause
- Eruca alba (L.) Noulet
- Napus leucosinapsis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
- Rhamphospermum album (L.) Andrz. ex Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 365 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ariel Palmon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prof. Meike Piepenbring, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prof. Meike Piepenbring, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.