Indian Mustard

Indian Mustard, Chinese Mustard

Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

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Indian Mustard, Chinese Mustard, Brown Mustard:

Asian-native, winter annual that first produces a rosette of 3-10 inch long, smooth to slightly-hairy, leaves that are lobed in their lower portions; terminal lobe is more rounded at tip than similar wild mustard leaves
Grows 1 � 5 feet" tall, with smaller, oblong leaves on stems
Flowers small, yellow in terminal racemes
Produces 0.75-2.5 inch long pods that stand out from stalk, and abundant seeds
Common in winter annual crops; can be high in nitrates and oxalates that can cause livestock toxicity, if grazed