Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Descurainia > Descurainia incanaDescurainia incana (mountain tansymustard)Synonyms: Descurainia incana incana; Descurainia incana procera; Descurainia incana var. brevipes; Descurainia incana var. incana; Descurainia incana var. macrosperma; Descurainia incana var. major; Descurainia richardsonii procera; Descurainia richardsonii var. alpestris; Descurainia richardsonii var. brevipes; Descurainia richardsonii var. macrosperma; Descurainia richardsonii var. procera; Descurainia richardsonii var. richardsonii; Sisymbrium canescens var. alpestre; Sisymbrium canescens var. brevipes; Sisymbrium canescens var. brevips (homotypic); Sisymbrium canescens var. major; Sisymbrium canescens var. majus; Sisymbrium canescens var. minus; Sisymbrium incanum (homotypic); Sisymbrium procerum; Sophia brevipes; Sophia procera; Sophia richardsonii Descurainia incana is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name mountain tansymustard. It is native to much of North America, including most of Canada, the western United States, and Baja California. It is known from many types of habitat. It is a biennial herb with a slender, greenish, often hairy stem sometimes exceeding a meter tall. The leaves are narrowly to widely oval in shape, the lower ones lobed and sometimes compound, the upper generally unlobed. The mustardlike inflorescence is a series of developing fruits beneath an elongating cluster of small bright yellow flowers. The fruit is a thin, pointed silique up to 2 centimeters long. |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Lifespan [1] | Annual/Biennial | Pollinators [1] | Bats | Structure [2] | Herb | | Height [1] | 39 inches (1 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Descurainia incana |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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