Conringia orientalis

Hare's ear mustard

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Hare's ear mustard is a naturalized annual found in southern California, the eastern Sierra Nevada, and desert regions of southern California in disturbed areas and fields at elevations below 3,500 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces lemon to pale yellow flowers about 7 to 12 millimeters long with slender petals. Growing with stems 30 to 70 centimeters tall that are simple or branched toward the top, it displays distinctive lance-oblong stem leaves. Its basal leaves are 5 to 9 centimeters long, oblanceolate to obovate, and nearly entire, tapering smoothly to the base. The fruit is an elongated pod 8 to 14 centimeters long, with four-angled or nearly cylindrical shape.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 3500 m

Bioregions: SCo, SNE, DSon

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.