''Caulanthus cooperi'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

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known by the common name Cooper's wild cabbage. It is native to the southwestern United States and

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, where it is a common plant in a number of open, sandy habitats. This

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produces a slender, somewhat twisted stem with widely lance-shaped to oblong leaves clasping it. The flower has a rounded or urn-shaped coat of pinkish or pale greenish

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...

s enclosing light yellow or pale purple petals. The fruit is a straight or curving

silique A silique or siliqua (plural ''siliques'' or ''siliquae'') is a type of fruit (seed capsule) having two fused carpels with the length being more than three times the width. When the length is less than three times the width of the dried fruit ...

several centimeters long.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment of ''Caulanthus cooperi''USDA Plants Profile''Caulanthus cooperi'' — U.C. Photo gallery
cooperi Flora of Arizona Flora of Baja California Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of Utah Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Great Basin Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Natural history of the Mojave Desert Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Plants described in 1877 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Brassicales-stub