Sisymbrium linifolium

  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Common Name: flaxleaf plainsmustard
  • Symbol: SILI5
  • Description: Synonym: Schoenocrambe linifolia (SCLI) Perennials; rhizomatous; usually glabrous. Basal leaves 1.5-6 cm, margins entire, pinnatifid or pinnatisect; lateral lobes oblong to linear, 0.5-2.5 cm - 0.3-1 mm, margins entire. Cauline leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade usually filiform to linear, 1-2.5-9 cm - 1-3.5 mm, margins usually entire, rarely dentate or pinnately lobed. Fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending, slender. Fruits (divaricate to erect), narrowly linear, stigma prominently 2-lobed.Rocky or gravelly hillsides, sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper, shady rock cliffs; 700-2800 m.

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  • Often dead tall stick with purple-ish stem.

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