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Black Mustard
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Black Mustard

Brassica nigra
In the United States: Naturalized · also called brown mustard

Annual brassica producing clusters of bright yellow four-petaled flowers that yield abundant nectar and pollen attractive to honeybees. Blooms over several weeks in summer, supporting colony foraging and brood rearing. Quick-growing plant suited to disturbed or cultivated soils.

Nectarlow
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) June–August
Duration~45 days
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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