Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Thelypodium wrightii Gray
(Wright's Thelopodium, Wright's Thelopody)

Family: Brassicaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Stanleyella wrightii (Gray) Rydberg

Thelypodium wrightii can stand 4 or 5 feet tall. The clusters of white flowers terminate branches on top of large numbers of very long and slender siliques at the end of the growing season. Thelypodium wrightii lives in middle to upper elevation montane habitats.
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Thelypodium wrightii, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007

Thelypodium wrightii, detail of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007

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