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Description
Mustard family, yellow flower, very common to roadsides.
I am leaning towards Hirschfeldia incana, it's really hard to distinguish from brassica and hard to describe why I am tending this way but the flowers are a bit duller colored and the pods smaller (thus the name). the leaves also feel soft to the touch while brassica leaves do not (which of course I can't tell from the photo)
Hmmm, good point, it's probably better to err on the side of caution so I've changed my ID to the higher level. Can't wait for the "textured photograph" app to come out.
It's really a shame that two species in different genuses look so similar. Not sure by which grounds they were separated into two genuses.
If you find dead ones, another Id feature: black mustard has black seeds, short pod mustard has pale brown seeds. Black mustard is also much taller and more likely to be single stemmed... Same is true for brassica rapa I believe.
Generic similarities are tough, but you should look into marine invertebrate taxonomy, where sometimes just being able to differentiate between families or higher is considered a success!
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I thought it was in the mustard family! Thanks!
I am leaning towards Hirschfeldia incana, it's really hard to distinguish from brassica and hard to describe why I am tending this way but the flowers are a bit duller colored and the pods smaller (thus the name). the leaves also feel soft to the touch while brassica leaves do not (which of course I can't tell from the photo)
Hmmm, good point, it's probably better to err on the side of caution so I've changed my ID to the higher level. Can't wait for the "textured photograph" app to come out.
It's really a shame that two species in different genuses look so similar. Not sure by which grounds they were separated into two genuses.
If you find dead ones, another Id feature: black mustard has black seeds, short pod mustard has pale brown seeds. Black mustard is also much taller and more likely to be single stemmed... Same is true for brassica rapa I believe.
Generic similarities are tough, but you should look into marine invertebrate taxonomy, where sometimes just being able to differentiate between families or higher is considered a success!
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