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Descurainia
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia Antarctica
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia Sophioides
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia Ramosissima
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia Obtusa
''Descurainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are known commonly as the tansymustards. The genus name commemorates French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749). The plants are similar in appearance to other mustards, sending up long erect stems and bearing small yellow or whitish flowers. Many species are noxious weeds. Some species are toxic to livestock and become a nuisance when they grow in grazing fields. Plants of this genus are found worldwide in temperate regions. ''Descurainia sophia'', (flixweed or herb sophia), is the type species of ''Descurainia''. Selected species: *''Descurainia antarctica'' - Tierra del Fuego tansymustard *''Descurainia bourgaeana'' *''Descurainia californica'' - Sierra tansymustard *''Descurainia incana'' - mountain tansymustard *''Descurainia obtusa'' - blunt tansymustard *''Descurainia paradisa'' - paradise tansymustard *''Descurainia pinnata'' - western tansymustard *''Descurainia ramosissima'' - Villa ...
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Descurainia Paradisa
''Descurainia paradisa'' is a plant species native to eastern and northern California, southeastern Oregon, Box Elder County in northwestern Utah, and most of Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N .... It grows in shrub communities at elevations of . ''Descurainia paradisa'' is an annual herb up to tall. Stems are often purple, branching at the base and sometimes above ground. Leaves are up to long, pinnately lobed. Flowers are pale yellow, borne in a raceme. Fruits are egg-shaped, up to long.Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New Y ...
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Descurainia Bourgaeana
''Descurainia bourgaeana'' (hierba pajonera or flixweed) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae endemic to Las Cañadas del Teide on Tenerife and La Palma in the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc .... ''Descurainia bourgaeana'' grows as shrubby clumps about 1 metre in height with yellow flowers. References Barbara E. Goodson, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Robert K. Jansen, ''Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications'', Taxon 55 (3), August 2006: 671–682Flora of the Mt. Teide National Park bourgaeana Endemic flora of the Canary Islands Taxa named by Asa Gray {{Brassicales-stub ...
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Descurainia Sophia
''Descurainia sophia'' is a member of the family Brassicaceae. Common names include flixweed, herb-Sophia and tansy mustard. It reproduces by seeds. It is a dominant weed in dark brown prairie and black prairie soils of southern Alberta. Its stem is erect, branched, and high. It was once given to patients with dysentery and called by ancient herbalists ''Sophia Chirurgorum'', "The Wisdom of Surgeons". It is the type species of the genus ''Descurainia'' (named for French botanist and herbalist François Descurain (1658–1749)) and of the rejected genus ''Sophia'' Adans. Culinary use In Iran, the seeds are called ''khak-e shir'' (''khakshir''), and khak-e shir drinks are traditionally favored as thirst quencher during hot summer days. Khakshir is also considered a medicinal substance in traditional Iranian medicine, consumed in varying combinations with other herbs and substances to gain effects ranging from antidiuretic to aphrodisiac. China has a tradition of eating this pl ...
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Descurainia Torulosa
''Descurainia torulosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names Wyoming tansymustard and Wind River tansymustard. It is endemic to Wyoming in the United States, where it is found in the Absaroka Range and some buttes in the Great Divide Basin.from=Q5263818 Descurainia.html" ;"title="nline USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Blooming occurs in June and July. This plant grows on steep slopes, scree">talus, and the sandy areas at the bases of cliffs. References {{Taxonbar">from=Q5263818 Descurainia">torulosa Flora of Wyoming Plants described in 1983 ...
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Descurainia Californica
''Descurainia californica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Sierra tansymustard. This plant is native to western North America from California to Wyoming. It is a resident of varied habitats from mountain forest to sage scrub. This spindly mustardlike plant has a single thin stem which branches and may reach over half a meter in height. Its sparse leaves are divided into two to four pairs of dull green lobes each one to six centimeters long. The tiny bunched flowers at the tip of each stem are bright yellow. The fruit is a tiny podlike silique on a straight pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures .... Pedicels holding fruits stick out from the stem at intervals. External links Calflora: ''Descurainia californica'' ( ...
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Descurainia Incana
''Descurainia incana'' is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name mountain tansymustard. It is native to much of North America, including most of Canada, the western United States, and Baja California. It is known from many types of habitat. It is a biennial herb with a slender, greenish, often hairy stem sometimes exceeding a meter tall. The leaves are narrowly to widely oval in shape, the lower ones lobed and sometimes compound, the upper generally unlobed. The mustardlike inflorescence is a series of developing fruits beneath an elongating cluster of small bright yellow flowers. The fruit is a thin, pointed silique up to 2 centimeters long. External linksJepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
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Descurainia Pinnata
''Descurainia pinnata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name western tansymustard. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and found in varied habitats. It is especially successful in deserts. It is a hardy plant which easily becomes weedy, and can spring up in disturbed, barren sites with bad soil. This is a hairy, heavily branched, mustardlike annual which is quite variable in appearance. There are several subspecies which vary from each other and individuals within a subspecies may look different depending on the climate they endure. This may be a clumping thicket or a tall, erect mustard. It generally does not exceed 70 centimeters in height. It has highly lobed or divided leaves with pointed, toothed lobes or leaflets. At the tips of the stem branches are tiny yellow flowers. The fruit is a silique one half to two centimeters long upon a threadlike pedicel. This plant reproduces only from seed. This tansymustard is t ...
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