Cusickiella

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Cusickiella douglasii.jpg

|image_caption = Cusickiella douglasii

|taxon = Cusickiella

|authority = Rollins

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 2 - see text

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Cusickiella is a small genus containing two species of plants in the family Brassicaceae which are native to the western United States.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=21477 Cusickiella douglasii.] The Jepson eFlora 2013. These are mat-forming perennials with a stumpy, branching caudex covered in rounded clusters of tiny, thick leaves. A short stem bears white or yellowish flowers that yield silicles.

The alkali cusickiella,[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Cusickiella+douglasii Cusickiella douglasii.] Calflora 2013. Cusickiella douglasii, grows in the hills and mountains from California to Washington, Idaho, and Utah. It has white flowers and usually larger leaves, up to 14 millimeters long.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=108732 Cusickiella.] Flora of North America.

The Bodie Hills cusickiella, Cusickiella quadricostata, has a more limited distribution in eastern California and western Nevada.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=21478 Cusickiella quadricostata.] The Jepson eFlora 2013. It can be distinguished from its congener by its yellow flowers, leaves no more than 5 millimeters long, and a keel along the valves on the silicle.