{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=February 2021}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sisymbrium orientale01.jpg | genus = Sisymbrium | species = orientale | authority = L. }}
'''''Sisymbrium orientale''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names '''Indian hedgemustard'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SIOR4|taxon=Sisymbrium orientale|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref> and '''eastern rocket'''.<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it can be found throughout much of the temperate world as an introduced species and in some areas a common roadside weed. It is an annual herb producing a hairy, branching stem up to about 30 centimeters tall. The basal leaves are divided into deep lobes or toothed leaflets. Leaves higher on the stem have lance-shaped blades with small separate lobes near the base. The top of the stem is occupied by a raceme of flowers with light yellow petals each measuring up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a silique which can be up to 10 centimeters long.
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==External links== {{Commons|Sisymbrium orientale}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=44654 Jepson Manual Treatment] *{{GRIN}} *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Sisymbrium+orientale Photo gallery]
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orientale Category:Flora of Lebanon Category:Flora of Malta
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