Brassicaceae
Shortfruit hedgemustard
Sisymbrium polyceratium
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sisymbrium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Shortfruit hedgemustard, Prostrate hedge-mustard
- Swedish
- Knippsenap
Synonyms
- Chamaeplium polyceratium Wallr.
- Erysimum polyceratium Link
- Hesperis polyceratia Kuntze
- Kibera polyceratia Calest.
- Phryne subulata Bubani
- Sisymbrium corniculatum Lam.
- Sisymbrium polyceratium var. normale Kuntze
- Sisymbrium polyceratium var. pilosum Kuntze
- Velarum polyceratum Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to December (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chris Ecroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, 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.