Family: Brassicaceae Hoary Mustard Hirschfeldia incana Flowering time: May - October. Annual or short-lived perennial Can be found on dry roadsides, waste ground and in urban areas Pale-yellow flowers that over-top the buds are followed by erect, adpressed fruit with a swollen beak containing a single seed. The leaves are greyish-green, deeply pinnately lobed with a larger terminal lobe, hairy beneath. Stems are white-pubescent below with short stiff hairs. To 1.2m Similar: Black Mustard, Brassica nigra

Hoary Mustard, Hirschfeldia incana
Near Shell Bay, Dorset. September 2007