Index / Search / Brassica nigra
§1 Plant
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
vernacular black mustard — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Brassica
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 692 counties across 44 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 692 counties across 44 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tehama 06103
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Decatur 18031
- Floyd 18043
- Hamilton 18057
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Boone 29019
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Grundy 29079
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Nodaway 29147
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Scotland 29199
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
Montana view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Daniels 30019
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Madison 30057
- Musselshell 30065
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 71 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Amherst 51009
- Bland 51021
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 15 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Milwaukee 55079
- Pierce 55093
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BRNI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3042658 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z