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Sisymbrium irio L.

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Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Leaves
Seeds

Preparation

Cooked
Salads

Blooming period

January to May

Foraging period

January to June

Seed collection period

July to September

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Yellow

Leaf type

Dissected

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Sisymbrium

Family

Brassicaceae

Wikidata item

Q163223

GBIF Item

Sisymbrium irio L. (3046851)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sisymbrium+irio>
Sisymbrium irio L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12

Citation

Sisymbrium irio L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/635 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.