Brassicaceae
California tansy-mustard
Descurainia californica
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- California tansy-mustard, Sierra tansymustard
Synonyms
- Sisymbrium californicum (A.Gray) S.Watson
- Smelowskia californica A.Gray
- Sophia leptostylis Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.