Tumble Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)

Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Sisymbrium altissimum is a ANNUAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in salads or cooked as a potherb. — Young leaves and shoots - raw or cooked.; A somewhat hot flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in salads or cooked as a potherb.; Seed - ground into a powder and used as a gruel or as a mustard-like flavouring in soups etc.

Habitat & North American Range

Waste places on dry soils. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)