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Streptanthus inflatus (Desert candle)

Synonyms: Caulanthus inflatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Caulanthus inflatus, the desert candle, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, and the southern Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges in the United States. It is also common in Central Asia. It is found at elevations between 150–1,500 metres (490–4,920 ft).
View Wikipedia Record: Streptanthus inflatus

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Herb

Predators

Anthocharis cethura (Desert Orangetip)[3]
Euchloe hyantis (Andrew's marble butterfly)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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