Status: Native
Synonyms:
Descurainia obtusa (Greene) O.E. Schultz subsp. adenophora (Wooton & Standley) Detling
Sophia adenophora Wooton & Standley
Descurainia adenophora is similar to Descurainia obtusa. It has small yellow flowers on top of
a tall herb with once or twice pinnately divided leaves. However, the inflorescence and much of the herbage is
glandular and pubescent and the leaf segments are not as rounded. It is also found at middle elevation. Descurainia adenophora can grow to about a meter in height.
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Descurainia adenophora, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Descurainia adenophora, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Descurainia adenophora, closeup of glandular inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Descurainia adenophora, closeup of silique, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Descurainia adenophora, 3x macro of glandular flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
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