Brassicaceae

Northern tansymustard

Descurainia sophioides (Fisch.) O.E.Schulz

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Descurainia

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Northern tansymustard (Descurainia sophioides) — FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 腺毛播娘蒿
English: Northern tansymustard

Synonyms

Hesperis arctica Kuntze
Sisymbrium arcticum E.Fourn.
Sisymbrium sophioides Fisch. ex Hook.
Sophia sophioides (Fisch. ex Hook.) A.Heller

Flowers

In flower: July (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David McCorquodale, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vladislav Isaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Maria Khoreva, 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.