Caulanthus hallii

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|genus = Caulanthus

|species = hallii

|authority = Payson

| status = G3

| status_system = TNC

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Caulanthus hallii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Hall's wild cabbage.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to southern California and northern Baja California.

It grows in the Colorado Desert (western Sonoran Desert), Mojave Desert sky islands, and the dry eastern Peninsular Ranges slopes.

Description

Caulanthus hallii is an annual herb producing a hollow stem fringed at the base with long, deeply cut leaves which are hairless or sometimes bristly.

The greenish yellow flower has a coat of hairy sepals over narrow, pale petals. The fruit is a silique up to about 11 centimeters long.

References

External links

[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2240,2371,2384 Jepson Manual Treatment of Caulanthus hallii]
[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAHA8 USDA Plants Profile for Caulanthus hallii]
[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Caulanthus+hallii Caulanthus hallii — U.C. Photo gallery]

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Category:Flora of California

Category:Flora of Baja California

Category:Flora of the California desert regions

Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts

Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert

Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges

Category:Plants described in 1923