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Brassicaceae

Mountain fringepod

Thysanocarpus laciniatus Nutt.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Thysanocarpus

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Mountain fringepod: Thysanocarpus laciniatus
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Mountain fringepod

Synonyms

  • Thysanocarpus curvipes var. emarginatus (Greene) Jeps.
  • Thysanocarpus emarginatus Greene
  • Thysanocarpus laciniatus subsp. laciniatus
  • Thysanocarpus laciniatus var. affinis (Greene) Munz
  • Thysanocarpus laciniatus var. emarginatus (Greene) Jeps.
  • Thysanocarpus laciniatus var. eremicola Jeps.
  • Thysanocarpus laciniatus var. laciniatus Nutt.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
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.