Brassicaceae
Western tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Western tansymustard
- Finnish
- Sirolitutilli
- Swedish
- Indianstillfrö
Synonyms
- Crucifera multifida E.H.L.Krause
- Descurainia canescens var. andina Hauman
- Descurainia pinnata f. simplex O.E.Schulz
- Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata
- Nasturtium menziesii Spreng.
- Nasturtium multifidum Spreng.
- Sisymbrium incisum var. californicum (Torr. & A.Gray) Blank.
- Sisymbrium multifidum subsp. canescens (Nutt.) Thell.
- Sophia millefolia Rydb. ex Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Andrea Van Scoyoc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, 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.