Brassicaceae
Paradise tansymustard
Descurainia paradisa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Paradise tansymustard
Synonyms
- Descurainia paradisa subsp. nevadensis Rollins
- Descurainia paradisa var. nevadensis (Rollins) N.H.Holmgren
- Descurainia paradisa var. paradisa O.E. Schulz
- Descurainia pinnata subsp. paradisa (A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.) Detling
- Descurainia pinnata var. paradisa (A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.) M.Peck
- Sisymbrium paradisum A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Sophia paradisa A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.
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: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.