Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.

Spice

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Sisymbrium

Catalan common name: Eríssim. Herba de cantors.

Spanish common name: Erísimo oficinal. Hierba de los cantores. Hierba de San Alberto.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Path and road sides.

Characteristics: This plant is habitual to fields and path borders, can be identified by its yellow flowers, basal leaves are very divided with a large, round terminal lobe, and the fruits are erect and close to the stem, although these same fruits have a sort of roundish apical appendage that Sisymbrium officinale doesn't have.