Descurainia longipedicellata

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Native

Descurainia longipedicellata is a California native annual herb found in the California Range and Great Basin in shale soils below cliffs, dry washes, grassland, sagebrush scrub, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 750 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces yellow flowers with sepals 1.5 to 2 millimeters long and petals 1.7 to 2.6 millimeters long. Growing 3 to 6.2 meters tall with erect stems that are simple or branched throughout, it has a sparse to moderate hairy texture and green coloration. Its leaves are pinnately divided, with basal and lower cauline leaves 1.5 to 7 centimeters long, ovate to oblanceolate in outline, and ultimate leaf divisions ranging from linear to oblong. The fruits are linear, ascending to erect, 1.2 to 1.7 millimeters long, containing 18 to 32 oblong seeds in a single row.

Habitat: Shale soils below cliffs, dry washes, grassland, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 750-2500 m

Bioregions: CaR, GB

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