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Brassicaceae

Westwater tumblemustard

Thelypodiopsis elegans (M.E.Jones) Rydb.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Thelypodiopsis

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Westwater tumblemustard: Westwater tumble-mustard (Thelypodiopsis elegans), Mustard family (Brassicaceae). About 40 miles south-east from Vernal, along the Dragon Road, Utah. Our first
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Westwater tumblemustard

Synonyms

  • Sisymbrium elegans Payson
  • Streptanthus wyomingensis A.Nelson
  • Thelypodiopsis bakeri (Greene) Rydb.
  • Thelypodiopsis wyomingensis Rydb.
  • Thelypodium bakeri Greene
  • Thelypodium elegans M.E.Jones

Characteristics

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

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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.