Flower ID: IMG_1814.JPG-06-20-2022 Flower name (scientific): Sisymbrium altissimum Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) sis-SIM-bree-um al-TISS-ih-muh Flower name (common): Tall Tumble Mustard Family name (common): Mustard Family name (scientific): Brassicaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek for a mustard. Specific epithet: Tall or highest, referring to the plant height. Common name origin: From the plant height and its membership in the mustard family. After the plant flowers it breaks away from the ground and tumbles away, which helps to spread seeds. Flower description: Size: 0.3 to 0.5 inches (8 to 13 mm) Petal count: 4 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Size: 16 to 48 inches (41 to 122 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, basal broadly oblanceolate, oblong, or lanceolate (in outline), distalmost blade with linear to filiform lobes (FNA), deeply pinnatifid (IL), lanceolate to oblanceolate in outline, pinnately lobed or divided into 7-17 lobes (MB) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to July Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, fields, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Navajo may have used the plant for emetics and they employed the plant as a food source (Moerman, p. 532, 1998). Latitude: 44.801267 Longitude: -91.510435 Altitude: 246.40 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Walworth, Washburn, Waukesha, Waupaca, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU