name: Hedge Mustard

flavor_db_name_variants: hedge mustard

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Hedge mustard

id: 475

name_scientific: Sisymbrium

description: Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) is a plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found on roadsides and wasteland, and as a weed of arable land. A native of Europe and North Africa, it is now well-established throughout the world. It is distinct from the mustard plants which belong to the genus Brassica. The Hedge-mustard is food for the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as the small white (Pieris rapae). This plant is widely cultivated across Europe for its edible leaves and seeds. It is widely used as a condiment in Northern Europe (particularly Denmark, Norway and Germany). The leaves have a bitter cabbage-like flavour and they are used either in salads or cooked as a pot herb (in cultivar versions). The seeds have been used to make mustard pastes in Europe.

itis_id: 23311

wikipedia_id: Hedge_mustard

picture_file_name: 485.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 131157

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:25.000Z

legacy_id: 512

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Other seeds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:44.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3729

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00475