White-Mustard (Sinapis)

White-Mustard Genus Details

White mustard has bristly stems and yellow flowers. The stems are purplish at the nodes of branches and the plants have round, brownish-black seeds. White mustard is a strong competitor with crops and its seeds lower the quality of canola oil crops.
White-Mustard Allergy Info

This genus is not commonly cited as a source of allergy.
White-Mustard Pollen Description

Grains of Brassicaceae are prolate to subspheroidal; the amb rounded-triangular or with convex sides, and 3-(4)-colpate. The colpi are long, the opercula is granular and the sexine is reticulate.
Pollen grains are 24-27 x 18-19 micrometers.
Species in This Genus

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White-Mustard (Sinapis) is a genus of the BRASSICACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species: