Caulanthus coulteri
Caulanthus coulteri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Caulanthus |
Species: | C. coulteri
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Binomial name | |
Caulanthus coulteri |
Caulanthus coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Coulter's wild cabbage.
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Caulanthus coulteri". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Caulanthus coulteri". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
External links
[edit]Media related to Caulanthus coulteri at Wikimedia Commons
- Photo gallery
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Caulanthus
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Plants described in 1871
- Brassicales stubs