Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
crambling mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
crambling rocket	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english water cress	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erysimum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fijil al-jamal	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hedge mustard	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horf al-harra	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
indian hedge mustard	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mustard	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
orientale mustard	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
orientale rocket	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
semmana	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sisymbre officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thalictroc	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tumble mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tumbling mustard	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vägsenap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vélar	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
wegrauke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
érysimum	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
سمانه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عرف الحره	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
فجل الجمل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole flowering plant, leaf, flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erysimum officinale L. Sp. Pl.: 660 (1753).
Chamaeplium officinale (L.) Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 377 (1822).
Crucifera sisymbrium E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 84 (1902).
Erysimum officinale var. leiocarpum (DC.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 97 (1924).
Erysimum runcinatum Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 58 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Erysimum vulgare Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 91 (1869).
Hesperis niagarensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 935 (1891).
Hesperis officinalis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 935 (1891).
Hesperis ruderalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 936 (1891).
Kibera officinalis Calest. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 15: 379 (1908).
Klukia officinalis (L.) Besser Enum. Pl. Volh., Defin. ed.: 104 (1822).
Nasturtium nasturtium Cockerell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95 (1892), not validly publ.
Phryne vulgaris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 3: 173 (1901).
Sisymbrium leiocarpum Jord. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 7: 507 (1861).
Sisymbrium niagarense E.Fourn. Rech. Anat. Taxon. Crucifères: 85 (1865).
Sisymbrium officinale subsp. leiocarpum (DC.) Piper & Beattie Fl. N.W. Coast: 176 (1915).
Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 460 (1821).
Sisymbrium officinale proles ruderale (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 20 (1895).
Sisymbrium officinale f. simplex Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 316 (1913).
Sisymbrium officinarum Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 1: 54 (1762).
Sisymbrium ruderale Jord. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 7: 506 (1861).
Valarum officinale (L.) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 54 (1866).
Velarum leiocarpum (DC.) Tzvelev Opred. Sosud. Rast. Severo-Zap. Rossii: 679 (2000).
Velarum officinale (L.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 2: 1165 (1828).
Velarum officinale subsp. leiocarpum (DC.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 184 (2000).
Velarum tzvelevii V.I.Dorof. Konspekt Fl. Vost. Evr. 1: 421 (2012).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erysimum officinale L.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sisymbrium officinale	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sisymbrium officinale (L.)Scop.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sisymbrium officinale L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Sisymbrium officinale Scopoli	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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