Thelypodium integrifolium

Entire leaved thelypodium

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: biennial · Native

Entire leaved thelypodium is a California native biennial found in open habitats at elevations between 1,000 to 2,800 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces purple to white flowers 6 to 9 millimeters long with spoon-shaped petals. Growing 2 to 5 meters tall with straight, glaucous stems that branch toward the top, it develops a distinctive glabrous structure. Its basal leaves can reach 31 centimeters long, with entire margins and glabrous petioles, while mid-stem leaves are sessile and tapered at the base. The plant produces cylindric fruits with 14 to 40 small oblong seeds, each 1 to 2 millimeters wide.

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Lassen

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