Brassicaceae
Shieldplant
Streptanthus tortuosus
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Streptanthus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shieldplant
Synonyms
- Disaccanthus tortuosus (Kellogg) O.E.Schulz
- Erysimum tortuosum Kuntze
- Pleiocardia foliosa (Greene) Greene
- Pleiocardia orbiculata Greene
- Pleiocardia suffrutescens Greene
- Pleiocardia tortuosa (Kellogg) Greene
- Streptanthus foliosus Greene
- Streptanthus orbiculatus Greene
- Streptanthus sanhedrensis Eastw.
- Streptanthus suffrutescens Greene
- Streptanthus tortuosus var. flavescens Jeps.
- Streptanthus tortuosus var. orbiculatus H.M.Hall
- Streptanthus tortuosus var. pallidus Jeps.
- Streptanthus tortuosus var. suffrutescens (Greene) Jeps.
- Streptanthus tortuosus var. tortuosus Kellogg
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, 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.