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White Mustard

Sinapis alba

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Description:

The seeds of White Mustard (Sinapis alba) are an ingredient in table mustard. Like other mustard family (Brassicaceae) plants, these mustards have flowers with four petals arranged in a cross and pod-like fruits. The fruits of S. alba are bristly and hairy with a sabre-like beak.

Habitat:

Spotted in the little valley between Pnyx and Aeropagus, north-west of the Acropolis of Athens.

Notes:

Greek name: Σίναπι το λευκόν. Greek common name: Βρούβα, Λαψάνα.

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