Thelypodium flexuosum

Thelypodium flexuosum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name nodding thelypody.[1] It is native to the Great Basin and surrounding plateau habitat in the northwestern United States, from California and Nevada to Idaho.

Thelypodium flexuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Thelypodium
Species:
T. flexuosum
Binomial name
Thelypodium flexuosum

It grows in scrubby habitat among the shrubs of the sagebrush.

Thelypodium flexuosum is a perennial herb growing from a woody caudex covered with layers of the dried bases of previous seasons' leaves. It has a deep taproot. It produces slender, branching, bending or erect stems up to 60 or 80 centimeters in maximum height. The basal leaves have waxy, lance-shaped blades on long petioles. Leaves higher on the plant are shorter and have bases that clasp the stem. The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike raceme of mustardlike flowers with lavender or whitish petals. The fruit is a cylindrical silique up to 4 centimeters long with several seeds inside.

References
  1. "Thelypodium flexuosum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.


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