Descurainia sophia

Flix weed

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Flix weed is a naturalized annual herb found throughout California in disturbed areas, fields, canyon bottoms, and desert habitats at elevations below 3,000 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces small yellow-white flowers on delicate branching stems. Growing with erect stems 20 to 70 centimeters tall, it is hairy throughout and can be simple or branched in its upper portions. Its leaves are intricately divided, with finely cut 2 to 10 millimeter segments that create a lacy, delicate appearance. The plant produces linear fruits 1.5 to 2.7 centimeters long, spreading outward from thin stems.

Habitat: Common. Disturbed areas, fields, canyon bottoms, desert

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 3000 m

Bioregions: CA

California counties: Lassen, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Inyo, Kern, Mono, Siskiyou, Yuba, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare, Modoc, Plumas, San Francisco, Shasta, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Alameda, Ventura, Sierra, Tuolumne, Glenn, Nevada, Marin, Sutter, Napa, El Dorado, Alpine, Monterey, Stanislaus, Merced, Placer, Butte, Tehama, Colusa, Mendocino, Humboldt, San Mateo, Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Mariposa

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