Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
Thumbnail Picture |
Profile Type |
L.
Main Synonym :
Biscutella eriocarpa DC. | Buckler Mustard, Mediterranean Biscutella | Xeħt il-forom | Feb-Apr | ![Biscutella didyma subsp. didyma / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/BSCDY-Biscutella_didyma_subsp_didyma_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 20 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Rapa napus Mill. | Rapeseed, Oilseed Rape, Swede | Nevew | Feb-Apr | ![Brassica napus / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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W.D.J.Koch
Main Synonym :
Brassica bracteolata Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | Black Mustard | Mustarda sewda | Mar-Apr | ![Brassica nigra / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/BRSNG-Brassica_nigra_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 13 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica sylvestris Mill. | Wild Cabbage, Cabbage, Cauliflower | Kaboċċa selvaġġa, Kaboċċa | Mar-May | ![Brassica oleracea / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) Lam. & Janchen
Main Synonym :
Brassica campestris L. | Wild Turnip, Bargeman's Cabbage | Liftija | Nov-Apr | ![Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/BRSRA-Brassica_rapa_subsp_sylvestris_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 28 images. |
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Scop.
Main Synonym :
Bunias cakile L. | Sea Rocket, European Sea Rocket | Kromb il-baħar | Dec-Aug | ![Cakile maritima / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/CKLMT-Cakile_maritima_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 13 images. |
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Medik.
Main Synonym :
Capsella apetala Opiz | Shepherd's Purse | Ġarġir il-ġemel | Dec-Jun | ![Capsella bursa-pastoris / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/CPSBP-Capsella_bursa-pastoris_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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Reut.
Main Synonym :
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. rubella (Reut.) Hobk. | Red Shepherd's Purse, Pink Shepherd's Purse | Ġarġir il-ġemel ħamra | Dec-Jun | ![Capsella rubella / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/CPSRU-Capsella_rubella_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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With.
Main Synonym :
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa O.E.Schulz | Wavy Bittercress, Woodland Bittercress | Maltese name not known | Feb-Jun | ![Cardamine flexuosa / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cardamine umbrosa Wimm. & Grab. | Hairy Bittercress, Land Cress, Lamb's Cress | Maltese name not known | Feb-Jun | ![Cardamine hirsuta / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/CDMHI-Cardamine_hirsuta_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 11 images. |
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(Gouan) Alcaraz, T.E.Díaz, Rivas Mart. & Sánchez-Gómez
Main Synonym :
Erucastrum tournefortii Link Brassica tournefortii Gouan | Tournefort's Cabbage, Sahara Mustard, Asian Mustard | Kaboċċa ta' Twurneforti | Mar-Apr | ![Coincya tournefortii / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/COITF-Coincya_tournefortii_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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(L.) Dumortier
Main Synonym :
Conringia austriaca (Jacq.) Sweet | Hare's Ear Mustard, Hare's Ear Cabbage | Maltese name not known | Jun-Sep | ![Conringia orientalis / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) Webb ex Prantl
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium sophia L. | Flixweed, Tansy Mustard, Herb Sophia | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | ![Descurainia sophia / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Sinapis erucoides L. | White Wall Rocket, White Rocket | Ġarġir abjad | Oct-May | ![Diplotaxis erucoides / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/DTXER-Diplotaxis_erucoides_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 49 images. |
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(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis fruticulosa Tod. ex Caruel | Perennial Wall Rocket, Sand Rocket, Slim-leaved Wall Rocket | Ġarġir isfar | Oct-Jun | ![Diplotaxis tenuifolia / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/DTXTF-Diplotaxis_tenuifolia_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 36 images. |
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(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis prolongoi Boiss. | Southern Rocket | Aruka selvaġġa | Jan-Apr | ![Diplotaxis viminea / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/DTXVM-Diplotaxis_viminea_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Erophila vulgaris DC. Erophila verna (L.) DC. | Common Whitlow Grass | Maltese name not known | Feb-Apr | ![Draba verna / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(Pers.) DC.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus pterocarpus Pers. | Winged Radish | Ravanell tal-Eġittu | Mar-Apr | ![Enarthrocarpus pterocarpus / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/ENCPC-Enarthrocarpus_pterocarpus_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 3 images. |
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(L.) Cav.
Main Synonym :
Eruca sativa (L.) Mill. | Salad Mustard, Rucola, Spiked Rocket | Aruka, Rukola | Apr-May | ![Eruca vesicaria / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/ERUVS-Eruca_vesicaria_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(L.) Crantz
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus cheiri L. | Wallflower, English Wallflower, Aegean Wallflower | Ġiżi safra | Mar-Apr | ![Erysimum cheiri / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) Lagr.-Foss.
Main Synonym :
Brassica adpressa Boiss. | Hoary Mustard, Short-podded Mustard, Buchan Weed | Mustarda selvaġġa | Feb-May | ![Hirschfeldia incana / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/HFDIN-Hirschfeldia_incana_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 27 images. |
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(Jord.) Giardina & Raimondo
Main Synonym :
Hutchinsia procumbens forma sommieri Pamp. Hymenolobus revelierei subsp. sommieri (Pamp.) Brullo | Maltese Hymenolobus | Ġargir ta' Kemmuna | Feb-May | ![Hornungia procumbens subsp. revelierei / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/HORPR-Hornungia_procumbens_subsp_revelierei_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cochlearia humifusa Michx. Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. | Lesser Swine Cress | Koronopu tal-wied | Mar-May | ![Lepidium didymum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LPDDD-Lepidium_didymum_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lepidium arvense Mill. Cardaria draba Desv. | Whitetop Plant, Hoary Cress | Maltese name not known | Apr-May | ![Lepidium draba / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LPDDB-Lepidium_draba_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lepidium suffruticosum L. | Grass-leaved Pepperwort, Grass-leaved Pepperweed | Buttuniera wieqfa | May-Oct | ![Lepidium graminifolium / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LPDGR-Lepidium_graminifolium_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Nasturtium sativum Moench | Garden Cress, Garden Cress Pepperweed | Maltese name not known | May-Jul | ![Lepidium sativum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LPDSV-Lepidium_sativum_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 4 images. |
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(L.) Al-Shehbaz
Main Synonym :
Cochlearia coronopus L. Coronopus squamatus (Forrskål) Ascherson | Swine Cress, Greater Swinecress | Koronopu | Feb-Jun | ![Lepidium squamatum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LPDSQ-Lepidium_squamatum_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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(L.) Desv.
Main Synonym :
Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam. | Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alison | Buttuniera | Oct-Jun | ![Lobularia maritima / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/LBLMT-Lobularia_maritima_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 40 images. |
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(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Matthiola glabra DC. | Hoary Stocks, Tenweek's Stock, Brampton Stock | Giżi | Feb-May | ![Matthiola incana subsp. incana / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/MTHIN-Matthiola_incana_subsp_incana_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 12 images. |
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Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Maltese Stocks | Giżi ta' Malta | Mar-May | ![Matthiola incana subsp. melitensis / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/MTHIM-Matthiola_incana_subsp_melitensis_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 25 images. |
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus longipetalus Vent. | Night-scented Stock, Evening Scent | Giżi ta' lejl | Apr-May | ![Matthiola longipetala / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/MTHLP-Matthiola_longipetala_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Matthiola glandulosa Pomel | Spanish stocks | Giżi ta' Spanja | Apr-May | ![Matthiola lunata / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) W.T.Aiton
Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus tricuspidatus L. | Three-horned Stocks | Ġiżi tal-baħar | Mar-Jun | ![Matthiola tricuspidata / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/MTHTC-Matthiola_tricuspidata_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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R. Br.
Main Synonym :
Nasturtium aquaticum Wahlenb. | Watercress | Krexxuni, Sija | Feb-May | ![Nasturtium officinale / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/NSTOF-Nasturtium_officinale_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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(Velen.) Bornm.
Main Synonym :
Neslia apiculata Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall. | Ball mustard | Maltese name not known | Feb-Apr | ![Neslia paniculata subsp. thracica / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/NESPT-Neslia_paniculata_subsp_thracica_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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(L.) Al-Shehbaz
Main Synonym :
Thlaspi perfoliatum L. | Perfoliate Penny Cress | Maltese name not known | Jan-Jun | ![Noccaea perfoliata / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(Moretti ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens
Main Synonym :
Raphanistrum landra Rchb. | Italian Wild Radish | Maltese name not known | Apr-Sep | ![Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/RPHRL-Raphanus_raphanistrum_subsp_landra_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 8 images. |
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(Sm.) Thell.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus maritimus Sm. | Maritime Wild radish | Ravanell salvaġġ tal-baħar | Apr-Sep | ![Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/RPHRM-Raphanus_raphanistrum_subsp_maritimus_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 9 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus sylvestris Lam. | Wild Radish, Jointed-podded Charlock, White Charlock | Ravanell salvaġġ | Dec-May | ![Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/RPHRA-Raphanus_raphanistrum_subsp_raphanistrum_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 59 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin | Garden Radish, Cultivated Radish | Ravanell | May-Aug | ![Raphanus sativus / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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(L.) All.
Main Synonym :
Myagrum rugosum L. | Annual Bastard Cabbage, Turnip Weed | Mustarda taż-żibeġ | Feb-Apr | ![Rapistrum rugosum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/RPSRU-Rapistrum_rugosum_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 5 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh. | White Mustard, White Charlock, Yellow Mustard | Mustarda, Mustarda Bajda | Dec-Apr | ![Sinapis alba / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/SNPAL-Sinapis_alba_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 48 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh. | Charlock, Charlock Mustard | Mustarda selvaġġa | Jan-May | ![Sinapis arvensis / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/SNPAV-Sinapis_arvensis_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 7 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium pannonicum Jacq. | Tumble Mustard, Tall Tumble Mustard, Tall Rocket | Maltese name not known | Apr-Jul | ![Sisymbrium altissimum / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/SSYAL-Sisymbrium_altissimum_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 6 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium erysimastrum Lam. | London Rocket | Libsiena komuni | Feb-Jun | ![Sisymbrium irio / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/SSYIR-Sisymbrium_irio_t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 10 images. |
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(L.) Scop.
Main Synonym :
Erysimum officinale L. | Hedge Mustard, Tumble Weed, Hedge Wild Mustard | Mustarda rqiqa, Libsiena | Mar-Jun | ![Sisymbrium officinale / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/SSYOF-Sisymbrium_officinale_t0.jpg) | Detailed Profile with 31 images. |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium columnae Jacq. | Oriental Hedge Mustard, Indian Hedge Mustard, Eastern Rocket | Maltese name not known | Mar-Jun | ![Sisymbrium orientale / Mustard or Cress](!gfx/Thumbs_new/t0.jpg) | Normal Profile with 0 images. |
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