Thysanocarpus curvipes subsp. longistylus

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Native

Long-styled sand fringepod is a California native annual found in central Sierra Nevada and eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in slopes, washes, moist meadows, woodland, and streambanks at elevations below 2,500 meters. Flowering time not specified in source data, this plant produces delicate, pale flowers with distinctive winged fruits. Growing with hairy stems near the base that become smooth toward the top, it develops slender and graceful plant structure. Its leaves are not specifically detailed in the provided description, though the distinctive feature is its unique fruit with wing-like structures that are either rayed and entire or divided into spoon-shaped lobes. The fruit is small, less than 6 millimeters long with a style measuring 0.9 to 1.5 millimeters.

Habitat: Slopes, washes, moist meadows, woodland, streambanks

Elevation: < 2500 m

Bioregions: c&amps SN, SNE D.

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