Brassicaceae

Desert princesplume

Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britton

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Stanleya

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Desert princesplume: Photo of Stanleya pinnata (prince's plume) on California-Nevada border south of Pahrump — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Desert princesplume
nv: Tséchʼosh azeeʼ

Synonyms

Stanleya pinnata var. arcuata Beath, C.S.Gilbert & Eppson
Stanleya pinnata var. inyoensis (Munz & Roos) Reveal

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 799 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.