Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton subsp. ochroleuca (Wooton) Detling
(Western Tansy Mustard)

Family: Brassicaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Sophia ochroleuca Wooton

Descurainia pinnata subsp. ochroleuca blooms early in the spring. It has small, gray dissected leaves and small white flowers. The distinctive fruits are not linear like D. sophia or D. obtusa, but are short and stubby. The are described in Martin and Hutchins as "clavate." They are wider distally, but they do appear to come to point rather than being truly club-shaped partly because of the persistant style.
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Descurainia pinnata subsp. ochroleuca, photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road near Engineer Canyon, March 28, 2009



Descurainia pinnata subsp. ochroleuca, closeup of fruits, photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road near Engineer Canyon, March 28, 2009


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