Brassicaceae
Blunt tansymustard
Descurainia obtusa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blunt tansymustard
Synonyms
- Descurainia obtusa subsp. obtusa O.E. Schulz
- Sisymbrium obtusum (Greene) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Sophia obtusa Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.