Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Capparales
        Family: Brassicaceae
          Genus: Thelypodium
            Species: texanum

Gray Sibara - Thelypodium texanum

Gray Sibara

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

350421

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Annual, grayish green branching herb, up to 30 cm tall; herbage glabrous throughout and slightly fleshy; leaves 3-7 cm long, 1.5-3.0 cm wide, deeply dissected into lobes; flowers minute; sepals 2 mm long or less; petals 4, white, 3.5 mm long; fruit a long narrow silique 1.5-2.0 mm wide, 2-3 cm long; seeds small, yellow, and narrowly winged. Flowers May and June.

Status

Global Rank: GNR

State Rank: S3?

State Status:

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 31

Number of Mapped Locations: 51

Number of Observations: 67

Observation date range: 04-01-1978 to 04-01-1989

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

Species Related Publications

Show