Chorispora tenella
Musk Mustard
an annual member of the Chorispora genus in the family Brassicaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Chorispora
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.15 m
- Fertility
- Insects
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
- Pollinators
- Insects
Uses
Edible uses
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Leaves - raw[2][3]. They make a good early salad[4].
- Plant part
- Leaves
Environment
- Range
- Southeast Europe to China.
- Habitat
- Steppes, on clay and solonetzic soils, and as a weed of arable land[7]. Pastures, roadsides, fields and waste areas at elevations of 100 - 2200 metres in western China[6].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 8+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - sow spring in situ[1].
Cultivation
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Succeeds in ordinary garden soil[1] but it prefers a light well-drained soil in full sun[5].
References
F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951-00-00
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984-00-00 ISBN 3874292169
Hedrick. U. P. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications 1972-00-00 ISBN 0-486-20459-6
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Flora of China 1994-00-00 http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Komarov. V. L. Flora of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1968-00-00