View source for Descurainia californica

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|accepted_name=Descurainia californica
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) O. E. Schulz in H. G. A. Engler
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr.
|place=86[IV,105]: 330. 1924
|year=1924
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smelowskia californica
|authority=A. Gray
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisymbrium californicum
|authority=(A. Gray) S. Watson
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sophia leptostylis
|authority=Rydberg
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae;Descurainia;Descurainia californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Descurainia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Descurainia californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 520, 523
|treatment_page=page 521
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or biennials; eglandular; usually pubescent, trichomes dendritic, sometimes glabrous distally. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched basally, branched distally, (1.3–)2–10.5(–13.5) dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: petiole 0.4–4.2 cm; blade pinnate, oblanceolate to obovate in outline, 1.5–6 cm, lateral lobes [2–4 (or 5) pairs], lanceolate, (5–22 × 1–5 mm), margins usually entire or crenate to incised, rarely lobed. <b>Cauline</b> leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade smaller distally, distal lobes often narrower, surfaces sparsely pubescent. <b>Racemes</b> considerably elongated in fruit. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels divaricate to ascending or suberect, often straight, 3–9(–11) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals spreading, yellowish, oblong, 0.9–1.5 mm, glabrous; petals oblanceolate, 1.1–1.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm; median filaments 0.8–1.4 mm; anthers 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>Fruits</b> divaricate to erect, fusiform, not torulose, (2–)3–5(–6) × (0.8–)1–1.3 mm, (long-acute at both ends); valves each with obscure midvein; septum not veined; ovules 4–12 per ovary; style (0.2–)0.3–0.6(–0.8) mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> uniseriate, light brown, ellipsoid, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed areas in pinyon-juniper, dry hillsides, decomposed granite slopes, sagebrush, moist roadsides, open woods, fir-spruce or aspen communities, gravel and talus slopes
|elevation=1700-3400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Descurainia californica
|author=
|authority=(A. Gray) O. E. Schulz in H. G. A. Engler
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sisymbrium californicum;Sophia leptostylis
|basionyms=Smelowskia californica
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed areas in pinyon-juniper, dry hillsides, decomposed granite slopes, sagebrush, moist roadsides, open woods, fir-spruce or aspen communities, gravel and talus slopes
|elevation=1700-3400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr.
|publication year=1924
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Descurainieae
|genus=Descurainia
|species=Descurainia californica
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