Sisymbrium aculeolatum
Lava Cress
Sisymbrium linifolium
(Nutt.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray Species
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- Botanical name
- Sisymbrium linifolium
- Also known as
- Flax-Leaved Plains Mustard, Lava Cress, Rush Mustard, Salmon River Plains Mustard, Skeleton Mustard, Slim-Leaved Plains Mustard
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sisymbrium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Lava Cress
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Sisymbrium linifolium but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Erysimum glaberrimum
Nasturtium linifolium
Schoenocrambe decumbens
Schoenocrambe linifolia
Schoenocrambe pinnata
Schoenocrambe pygmaea
Sisymbrium decumbens
Sisymbrium pygmaeum
Others in Sisymbrium
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