Status: Native
Synonyms:
Lepidium montanum Nuttall var. alyssoides (Gray) M.E. Jones
Lepidium alyssoides is found in washes and canyons. The flower clusters are at the
ends of branches, with long-pediceled silicles below individually attached to the stem.
The length of stem taken up by the silicles relative to the flower cluster increases
as the season progresses.
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Lepidium alyssoides, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Road, July 23, 2007
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