Charlock
Taken at Musselburgh on 12th June 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 7-8th October 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Charlock
Charlock
Charlock.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Habit:
AKA: 		Sinapis arvensis.
Brassicales.
Brassicaceae.
Annual or winter annual.
Field mustard, wild mustard.
Habitat:
Height:
Flowers:
Feature:
 Pastures, fields, roadsides, waste places and ruins
20 - 80 cms.
May - September.
The leaves of Wild Mustard are edible at the juvenile stage of the plant. In animals, except birds, the seeds are toxic and cause gastrointestinal
problems, especially if consumed in large quantities. Once the seeds are ground, they produce a kind of mustard.