Hirschfeldia incana (formerly Brassica geniculata) is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by many common names, including shortpod mustard, buchanweed, hoary mustard[1] and Mediterranean mustard.[2] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Hirschfeldia, which is closely related to Brassica.[3] The species is native to the Mediterranean Basin but it can be found in many parts of the world as an introduced species and often a very abundant noxious weed.[4] This mustard is very similar in appearance to black mustard, but is generally shorter.[5] It forms a wide basal rosette of lobed leaves which lie flat on the ground, and it keeps its leaves while flowering.[6] Its stem and foliage have soft white hairs. Unlike black mustard, H. incana is a perennial plant.[5]
Its leaves are edible and traditionally were used in some areas as a leaf vegetable.[7]
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^"Hirschfeldia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^Warwick, S., et al. Guide to Wild Germplasm of Brassica and Allied Crops (tribe Brassiceae, Brassicaceae). 2nd Edition. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada.
Hirschfeldia incana (formerly Brassica geniculata) is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by many common names, including shortpod...
or yellow mustard)—see Sinapis alba B. geniculata (hoary mustard)—see Hirschfeldia incana B. kaber (wild mustard or charlock)—see Rhamphospermum arvense...
belongs to the same tribe as cabbage and turnips. R. nigrum also resembles Hirschfeldia incana, or hoary mustard, (formerly Brassica geniculata), which is a...
endemic Heliophila variabilis Burch. ex DC. indigenous Genus Hirschfeldia: Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Foss. not indigenous, naturalised Genus Hymenolobus:...
(Brassica rapa) can be infected by S. citri. In the wild, shortpod mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) infested by the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus, can prove...
Seifersdorf during his lifetime. Shortly after his death the plant genus 'Hirschfeldia' was named after him, formed of only one species, 'H. incana', first...
made. Other plants such as Descurainia pinnata, Descurainia sophia, Hirschfeldia incana, and Lepidium flavum were also noted to entrap small insects....
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