Hedge mustard
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scopoli (Brassicaceae)
Kakinegarashi (カキネガラシ, 垣根芥子)
Lifeform: weedy annual (or biennial) forb
Distribution: Europe and North Africa (extotic to Japan)
Habitat: roadsides and wastelands
Sisymbrium L. in Japan
Except S. luteum, all species in Sisymbrium are non-native to Japan
S. altissimum L. (ハタザオガラシ)
S. irio L. (ホソエガラシ)
S. luteum (Maxim.) O. E. Schulz (キバナハタザオ) [native but not in Hokkaido]
S. officinale Scopoli (カキネガラシ)
- var. leiocarpum DC. (ハマカキネガラシ)
S. orientale L. (イヌカキネガラシ)
Sisymbrium officinale in Hokkaido University Campus
[Left] growing over Arctium lappa. [Right] close-up. In front of the Information Initiative Center (N11/W5), Hokkaido University, on September 2 2009.