Honey bees
Nectar value
Low
Pollen value
Low
Pollinator plant
Hedge mustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Herbaceous, Ground cover
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 0.60 m high × 0.30 m wide
- Lifecycle
- Annual
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 5-9
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Leaves, Seasoning, Seed
- Functions
- Pollinator plant
- Edibility
- 1 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 2 out of 5
The young sprouts can be eaten both raw and cooked and have a mildly bitter cabbage-like flavor. They are often used as a seasoning in salads or cooked as a leafy green. The seeds can be eaten raw or cooked and even ground into a powder to be used in porridge or as a mustard-like seasoning in soups.