familyBrassicaceae
genusThelypodium
speciesThelypodium integrifolium
subspeciesThelypodium integrifolium subsp. affine
Thelypodium integrifolium subsp. affine
Contr. Gray Herb. 204: 110. 1973.
Endemic
Basionym: Thelypodium affine Greene Pittonia 4: 314. 1901
Synonyms: Pleurophragma rhomboideum (Greene) O. E. Schulz Thelypodium integrifolium var. affine (Greene) S. L. Welsh & Reveal Thelypodium rhomboideum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 733.
Racemes (congested), elongated in fruit; central rachis (3.7–)4.5–12(–16.5) cm. Fruiting pedicels horizontal to divaricate, straight, whitish, stout, (5–)6–9(–13) mm, moderately flattened at base. Flowers: petals white, (5–)6–9(–10) mm; gynophore stout, (0.5–)1–3 mm. Fruits usually horizontal or divaricate, rarely divaricate-ascending, incurved, (1.4–)1.9–3.7(–4.5) cm. 2n = 26.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Desert flats, shrub communities, alkaline grounds
Elevation: 600-1800 m
Distribution
Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
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