Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia

Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana)


  • Regional noxious weed

  • annual to short-lived perennial in the Mustard Family growing erect to 0.7 metres tall; the whole plant covered with star-shaped hairs; upper leaves are elliptic and clasp the stem; white flowers with deeply notched petals; oval seedpods are 5 to 8 mm long, somewhat flattened and held close to the stem

Flattened seedpods held close to the stem

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