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Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

540Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar5
Apr8
May51
Jun101
Jul94
Aug80
Sep43
Oct13
Nov4
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England75
2Cornwall England45
3Essex England40
4Devon England26
5Suffolk England23
6Norfolk England18
7Cambridgeshire England10
8Surrey England10
9Gloucestershire England8
10Herefordshire, County of England8
11Dorset England7
12Plymouth England7
13Kent England6
14Telford and Wrekin England6
15Thurrock England4
505 England3 Scotland18 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
540
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Brassica nigra
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,382
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica
Name with authority
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q381942 · GBIF 3042658