Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Flixweed

Description: More or less confined to the shores of Belfast Lough, especially the Carrickfergus, Whiteabbey and Craigavad areas. Found on waste or disturbed ground and the upper lough shore.

All names: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl; Sisymbrium sophia L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Descurainia sophia at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Descurainia sophia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Descurainia sophia. (L.) Webb ex Prantl. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2916. Accessed on 2026-11-02.