Thelypodium flexuosum
Thelypodium flexuosum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name nodding thelypody.[1] It is native to the Great Basin and surrounding plateau habitat in the northwestern United States, from California and Nevada to Idaho.
| Thelypodium flexuosum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Thelypodium |
| Species: | T. flexuosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Thelypodium flexuosum | |
It grows in scrubby habitat among the shrubs of the sagebrush.
Thelypodium flexuosum is a perennial herb growing from a woody caudex covered with layers of the dried bases of previous seasons' leaves. It has a deep taproot. It produces slender, branching, bending or erect stems up to 60 or 80 centimeters in maximum height. The basal leaves have waxy, lance-shaped blades on long petioles. Leaves higher on the plant are shorter and have bases that clasp the stem. The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike raceme of mustardlike flowers with lavender or whitish petals. The fruit is a cylindrical silique up to 4 centimeters long with several seeds inside.
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thelypodium flexuosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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