Caulanthus coulteri

Caulanthus coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Coulter's wild cabbage.

Caulanthus coulteri

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. coulteri
Binomial name
Caulanthus coulteri

It is endemic to California, where it is a widespread member of the flora in several dry, open habitat types, such as chaparral and Mojave Desert.[2]

Description

Caulanthus coulteri is a 100–1,600 millimetres (4–63 in) tall annual herb producing a slender, branching stem lined with generally lance-shaped leaves which may be smooth to sharply sawtoothed along the edges.[3]

The widely spaced flowers are somewhat bullet-shaped with coats of pouched sepals which are bright to deep purple when new and fade to yellow-green. The sepals open to reveal dark-veined petal tips with wavy margins.

The fruit is a long, thin silique which may approach 13 centimeters in length.

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Caulanthus coulteri". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. "Caulanthus coulteri". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.


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