PLANTS Profile for Brassica rapa var. rapa (field mustard)

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PLANTS Profile

Brassica rapa L. var. rapa
field mustard


Symbol:		BRRAR
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Brassicaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Biennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Line Drawing of Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

Brassica campestris

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 193. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

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Plant Synonyms:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

	BRCA2	Brassica campestris L.
	BRCAR2	Brassica campestris L. ssp. rapifera (Metzger) Sinsk.
	BRCAR	Brassica campestris L. var. rapa (L.) Hartman
	BRRAC	Brassica rapa L. ssp. campestris (L.) Clapham
	BRRAO	Brassica rapa L. ssp. olifera DC.
	BRRAS8	Brassica rapa L. ssp. sylvestris Janchen
	BRRAC2	Brassica rapa L. var. campestris (L.) W.D.J. Koch
	CASU20	Caulanthus sulfureus Payson

Plant Distribution by State:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

State Distributional Map for Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

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	AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC FL GA IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA	ME MI MN MO MS MT ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OR PA RI SD	TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY

Brassica rapa L. var. rapa occures in the following states: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 19 species in Brassica, 7 subspecies and varieties in Brassica rapa L.

Classification:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae –
Order	Capparales –
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Brassica L. – mustard
Species	Brassica rapa L. – field mustard
Variety	Brassica rapa L. var. rapa – field mustard

Noxious Weed Information:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.

Michigan:
Brassica L.
mustard		Noxious weed

Invasive Information:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

Brassica L.
mustard
Brassica rapa L.
bird's rape
birdsrape mustard
field mustard
wild mustard
wild rutabaga
wild turnip

The related entities italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 526965.