Descurainia californica O.E.Schulz

California tansy-mustard (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Descurainia

Characteristics

Annuals or biennials; eglan-dular; usually pubescent, trichomes dendritic, sometimes glabrous distally. Stems erect, unbranched basally, branched distally, (1.3-)2-10.5 (-13.5) dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.4-4.2 cm; blade pinnate, oblanceolate to obovate in outline, 1.5-6 cm, lateral lobes [2-4 (or 5) pairs], lanceolate, (5-22 × 1-5 mm), margins usually entire or crenate to incised, rarely lobed. Cauline leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade smaller distally, distal lobes often narrower, surfaces sparsely pubescent. Racemes considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending or suberect, often straight, 3-9(-11) mm. Flowers: sepals spreading, yellowish, oblong, 0.9-1.5 mm, glabrous; petals oblanceolate, 1.1-1.8 × 0.4-0.6 mm; median filaments 0.8-1.4 mm; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm. Fruits divaricate to erect, fusiform, not torulose, (2-) 3-5(-6) × (0.8-)1-1.3 mm, (long-acute at both ends); valves each with obscure midvein; septum not veined; ovules 4-12 per ovary; style (0.2-)0.3-0.6(-0.8) mm, glabrous. Seeds uniseriate, light brown, ellipsoid, 1-1.4 × 0.6-0.8 mm. 2n = 14.
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A herb. It can grow for one or 2 years. It has one stem that can divide. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves have 2 to 4 pairs of lobes. The flowers are yellow.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.8
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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food food food additive
Edible seeds
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Distribution

Descurainia californica world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:78146-2
WFO ID wfo-0000641854
COL ID 34ZBD
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Synonyms

Descurainia californica Sophia leptostylis Smelowskia californica Sisymbrium californicum