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Caulanthus hallii

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Species of flowering plant

Caulanthus hallii
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Caulanthus
Species: C. hallii
Binomial name
Caulanthus hallii
Payson

Caulanthus hallii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Hall's wild cabbage.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to southern California and northern Baja California.

It grows in the Colorado Desert (western Sonoran Desert), Mojave Desert sky islands, and the dry eastern Peninsular Ranges slopes.

Description

Caulanthus hallii is an annual herb producing a hollow stem fringed at the base with long, deeply cut leaves which are hairless or sometimes bristly.

The greenish yellow flower has a coat of hairy sepals over narrow, pale petals. The fruit is a silique up to about 11 centimeters long.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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Caulanthus hallii


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