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Photos: Ardmore, Co. Waterford 
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White Mustard Paler-yellow flowers than Charlock, S. arvensis. Fruit with stiff white hairs and flattened beak as long as pod. Stalked leaves, the lower deeply pinnate-lobed. Height to 100cm+. Waste ground, roadsides, field edges, coastal shingle. Still grown as a crop, also for green manure. Prefers calcareous soils. Identification by Paul Green, Co.Wexford. 
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White Mustard. Ardmore, Co. Waterford, May 2008
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