''Caulanthus simulans'' is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Brassicaceae known by the common names Payson's wild cabbage and Payson's jewelflower. It is
endemic to southern
California, where it is known mainly from open, dry habitat in the hills and deserts of
Riverside
Riverside may refer to:
Places Australia
* Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
Canada
* Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon
* Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta
* Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...
and
San Diego Counties. It is a bristly
annual herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
with deeply cut leaves, the longest arranged in cluster around the base of the stem. The flower is covered in thick, purple-tinted greenish
sepals which split to reveal narrow, pale yellow petals at the tip. The fruit is a
silique up to 8 centimeters long.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
simulans
Flora of California
Plants described in 1923
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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