Brassicaceae
Mediterranean rocket
Sisymbrium erysimoides
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sisymbrium
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Mediterranean rocket
- Persian
- خاکشیر شن روی
- Swedish
- Fransksenap
- Welsh
- Roced Ffrainc
Synonyms
- Hesperis erysimoides (Desf.) Kuntze
- Norta erysimoides (Desf.) Britton
- Pachypodium erysimoides (Desf.) Webb & Berthel.
- Sisymbrium erysimoides var. xerophilum E.Fourn.
- Sisymbrium nitidulum Lag. ex Spreng.
- Sisymbrium nitidum Zea ex Desf.
- Sisymbrium rigidulum Lag.
- Sisymbrium vilaenadalis Sennen
- Sisymbrium zeae Spreng.
- Velarum erysimoides (Desf.) V.I.Dorof.
- Velarum vilaenadalis (Sennen) V.I.Dorof.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September, December to April (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julia Henning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vítor Jorge, 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.