Common Dogmustard

Erucastrum gallicum

(Willd.) O.E.Schulz Species

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Botanical name
Erucastrum gallicum
Also known as
Bracted Rocket, Common Dog Mustard, Common Dogmustard, Dog Mustard, French Rocket, Hairy Rocket, Rocketweed
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Erucastrum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Dogmustard

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Erucastrum gallicum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Brassica bracteata Brassica erucastrum var. ochroleuca Brassica gallica Brassica gallica Brassica ochroleuca Brassica pollichii Brassicaria bracteata Crucifera pollichii Diplotaxis bracteata Erucastrum inodorum Erucastrum pollichii Erucastrum vulgare Hirschfeldia gallica Hirschfeldia pollichii Kibera gallica Sisymbrium erucastrum Sisymbrium gallicum Sisymbrium hirtum Sisymbrium irio var. gallicum

Others in Erucastrum

Erucastrum brevirostre
Erucastrum elatum
Erucastrum elgonense
Erucastrum virgatum subsp. pseudosinapis
Erucastrum abyssinicum
Erucastrum arabicum
Erucastrum austroafricanum
Erucastrum canariense

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