Caulanthus glaucus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Caulanthus
Species:
C. glaucus
Binomial name
Caulanthus glaucus
Synonyms

Streptanthus glaucus (S.Watson) Jeps.

Caulanthus glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names glaucous wild cabbage, bigleaf wildcabbage, and limestone jewelflower.[2][3]

It is native to southern Nevada and adjacent parts of eastern California and Mojave Desert sky islands, where it grows in open, rocky habitat in the desert mountains.

Description

Caulanthus glaucus is a perennial herb producing a slender, branching stem from a woody caudex.

The largest of the leaves appear in a cluster at the base of the plant, and are oblong or oval and up to 10 centimeters long. Smaller, lance-shaped leaves appear higher up on the stem.

The flower has a coat of thick green sepals over narrow yellowish or purplish petals. The fruit is a long, thin silique which may approach 15 centimeters in length.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Caulanthus glaucus". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Limestone Jewelflower (Caulanthus glaucus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-06-02.


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