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Photographers, plein-air painters and sightseers revel in this striking scene, especially in the Napa Valley, where wild mustard appears in abundance from January through March.
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Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
California is blooming with wild mustard this year.
—Julie Watson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
There are numerous kinds of wild mustards in California, but black mustard, or Brassica nigra, is considered among the most pervasive.
—Julie Watson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
The grassy meadows of our inland hills will take on spring color with checkerbloom, wild mustard, goldfields and purple owl’s clover scattered in the green fields.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
Across much of the Bay Area, wild mustard and California poppies are doing the best.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
Lambsquarters and wild mustard attract egg-laying females and provide a source of food for larvae.
—oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2021
Roadside weeds like wild mustard and Queen Anne’s lace, tendrils of palm inflorescence and carnivorous cobra lilies have all found a place in her work.
—New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
California is blooming with wild mustard this year.
—Julie Watson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
There are numerous kinds of wild mustards in California, but black mustard, or Brassica nigra, is considered among the most pervasive.
—Julie Watson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
The grassy meadows of our inland hills will take on spring color with checkerbloom, wild mustard, goldfields and purple owl’s clover scattered in the green fields.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
Across much of the Bay Area, wild mustard and California poppies are doing the best.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
Lambsquarters and wild mustard attract egg-laying females and provide a source of food for larvae.
—oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2021
Roadside weeds like wild mustard and Queen Anne’s lace, tendrils of palm inflorescence and carnivorous cobra lilies have all found a place in her work.
—New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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“Wild mustard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20mustard. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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