Photos: Foynes, Co.Limerick |
Hoary Mustard Long racemes of pale-yellow flowers, over-topping buds. Erect, adpressed fruit with swollen beak. One seed in beak. Leaves grey-green, usually hairless above, hairy beneath. Coarse-toothed, deeply pinnate lobed. Terminal lobe largest. Stem leaves narrow-lanceolate. Stems white-pubescent below, stiff short hairs. Height: To 1.2m Dry ground. Roadsides, waste ground, urban areas. Established in Dublin, found as rare casual elsewhere in Ireland. |
Hoary Mustard. Foynes Port, Co.Limerick. August 2008