Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.

Synonyms

Erysimum officinale L.

Family

Brassicaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)
Cruciferae (South Australia)

Common Names

common hedge mustard, hairy hedge mustard, hairy-pod hedgemustard, hairypod hedgemustard, hedge mustard, hedge tumblemustard, hedge weed, hedge wild mustard, hedgemustard, hedgeweed, tumble mustard, wild mustard, wild rocket

Origin

Native to north-western Africa, the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, Europe, the middle-east, western Asia and Russia.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern and eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern and central Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, the south-eastern and southern parts of South Australia, and the south-western and southern parts of Western Australia). Also naturalised on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Widely naturalised in other parts of the world, including most of North America (i.e. Alaska, Canada and the USA), New Zealand and Hawaii.

Notes

Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) is sometimes regarded as an environmental weed in the ACT, Victoria and South Australia. It is also a common weed of crops, pastures, roadsides, disturbed sites and waste areas in southern and eastern Australia.