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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mustards, Capers, and Allies
  6. Mustard Family
  7. Cabbages and Mustards
  8. Brassica Subgen. Brassica
  9. Brown Mustard

species 2,973 observations

Brown Mustard

Brassica juncea

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

34 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ipsilon Dart Moth, Checkered White, Cabbage Looper Moth, Great Southern White 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Striped Flea Beetle, Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw 18
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Northeastern Sweat Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Horse-fly Carpenter Bee 10

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained Moist
Soil
Organic
Soil pH
Neutral
Habit
Erect
Plant type
Annual Wildflower Edible Vegetable

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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