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White Mustard
Sinapis alba
37.973, 23.7224
Field Notes
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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