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§1 Plant

Brassica rapa L.

vernacular field mustard — species · Brassicaceae

USDA
BRRA
GBIF
7903057
Rank
species
field mustard (Brassica rapa)
Platephotograph · David Keil source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Biennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Brassica
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • GL Greenland Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 655 counties across 47 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 655 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-13 °F minimum
Frost-free days
125 min.
Precipitation
35–55 in/yr
pH range
5–8
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
192,800
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
High
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 655 counties across 47 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 I ▾
California view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 24 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 25 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 27 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 73 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 24 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/BRRA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7903057 ↗

Record version

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