Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The smallest of the mustards - these flowers are tiny - this is with a makro lens.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(11/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This is my little finger which shows how small the flowers are.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(23/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Hedge mustard because side branches opposite sides angled around 45 degrees upwards but then skywards at the ends, plus narrow seed pods held parellel and close to the stem.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Showing it's sprawly nature.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Showing how a plant can grow into a massive sprawl!
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This is a young plant.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(11/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Classic lanceolate leaves up the stem.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(23/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). A bit further down this is what the leaves look like.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(03/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(03/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The leaves as they go higher up the stems - the terminal lobe becomes more elongated.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(03/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The lower stem leaves cut into arrow-shaped lobes. in fact, leaves of Hedge Mustard vary quite a bit.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This is an old lower leaf.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This is an old plant who's leaves have been infected with some kind of gall.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Classic lower leaf shape for Hedge Mustard.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This is abolutely the most classic, text-book, example of a basal Hedge Mustard leaf!
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(11/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Another great example of classic Hedge Mustard leaves.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(21/06/2022) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). A very bristly-hairy plant.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(03/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). The only yellow brassica that has leaves this high up the stem that are this shape (Wintercress has them up the stem too, but they are quite a different shape).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). A leaf higher up the stem.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Showing the tiny narrow upper leaves nestling below an undeveloped flower head.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Makro shot of pods - always tightly opressed to the stem in Hedge Mustard.
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field).
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)(10/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Makro shot of seed pods developing and protruding through the flower.