Mustard

Certainly looks like a mustard, The obvious ploy is to wait for seed heads to form, if you crush only a little and taste it it will be obvious! Like the horseradish the fresh plant is bitingly hot. In moderation excellent for stomach and sinus, and of course for painful feet as a bath.

The substrata for this plant would normally be a deepish soil -described I believe as "non-native" in the USA.

I cannot locate the plant now, unfortunately. Everything is overgrown. If I manage to find it, I'll let you know what it tastes like

I cannot locate the plant now, unfortunately. Everything is overgrown. If I manage to find it, I'll let you know what it tastes like

One seed would do!

 

"Brassica negra...globular seeds...used externally to alleviate rheumatic pain and bronchitis (use with caution), "

 

Galen tells us " I personally know someone who had phlegm around the mouth of the stomach, I said he must surely eat his food with mustard ,leeksand beets, he then excreted a great deal of phlegm and was cured"