White Ball-mustard

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Calepina irregularis

White Ball-mustard, a reference photo
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) · Public domain

Calepina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Calepina irregularis, an annual native to Mediterranean Europe, northwestern Africa, Western Asia to Iran and Turkmenistan, the Caucasus, and southern European Russia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of White Ball-mustard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Species
Calepina irregularis

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