Descurainia sophia

Family: Brassicaceae
Common Name: herb sophia
Symbol: DESO2
Description: Annuals; sparsely to densely pubescent. Stems erect, un-branched or branched distally. Basal leaf petiole 0.1-2 cm; blade 2- or 3-pinnate, ovate or oblong to obovate in outline, to 15 cm, lateral lobes linear or oblong, margins entire. Cauline leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade smaller distally. Fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending, straight. Fruits divaricate-ascending to erect, narrowly linear, 15-27 - 0.5-0.8 mm, (straight or curved upward). Roadsides, disturbed sites, hillsides, mountain slopes, canyon bottoms, stream banks, pastures, deserts, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities; 0-3000 m.