Euclidium syriacum

Syrian mustard

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Syrian mustard is a naturalized annual found in the Mojave Province in disturbed pastures and roadsides at elevations of 1,000 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces small white flowers in spike-like clusters with petals approximately 1 millimeter long. Growing with rigid, branched stems 40 to 45 centimeters tall and covered in minutely stalked, forked hairs, the plant has a distinctive hairy appearance. Its leaves range from 2 to 9 centimeters long, varying from oblong to lance-oblong with entire or slightly dentate margins. The fruit is a small woody silicle, ovoid and about 2 to 2.5 millimeters wide, typically containing two seeds.

Habitat: Disturbed pastures, roadsides

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1000-1500 m

Bioregions: MP

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