Sonoran Desert Plants - Descurainia pinnata (Tansy mustard)

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Descurainia pinnata (Tansy mustard)

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Descurainia pinnata

Habitat: disturbed areas
Life Form: annual forb
Leaf Description: alternate pinnate leaves
Flower Color: white
Flowering Period: spring
Spines: spineless
Family: Brassicaceae (mustard family)
Abundance: common

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 349

"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
    page 187
    page 182

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