Plant Name
Scientific Name: Guillenia lasiophylla
Synonyms: Caulanthus lasiophyllus, C. stenocarpus, Thelypodium lasiophyllum, T. rigidum, T. utahense
Common Names: California Mustard, Slender-pod Jewelflower
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland
Flower Color: White, Pale yellow
Flowering Season: Spring
Height: To 40 inches (102 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are on tall, slender, terminal flower spikes. The individual flowers are small and have 4 petals. The flowers are followed by long, slender seedpods that hang downwards on the stems. The leaves are green, broadly lanceolate to oblong, toothed, often sharply-lobed, and mostly found at the base of the plant and on the lower parts of the stems.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus: Guillenia Greene – mustard
Species: Guillenia lasiophylla (Hook. & Arn.) Greene – California mustard
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