The Mustard family is noteworthy and easily recognized by ascending seedpods and 4 small petals, either yellow, green, purple or white. Notable members of this family are Dame's Rocket, all of the Cresses, the Mustards, Toothworts and the Cuckoo Flower. Representative pictures of each of these groups are found below.

Black Mustard - Brassica nigra

Garlic Mustard - Alliaria officinalis

Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale

Tumble Mustard - Sisymbrium altissimum

Winter Cress - Barbarea vulgaris

Dame's Rocket - Hesperis matronalis

Cut-Leaved Toothwort - Dentaria laciniata

Cuckoo Flower - Cardamine pratensis

Watercress - Nasturtium officinale

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