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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Capparales
        Family: Brassicaceae
          Genus: Thelypodiopsis
            Species: vaseyi

Las Vegas Tumble Mustard - Thelypodiopsis vaseyi

Las Vegas Tumble Mustard

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

488673

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Glabrous, glaucous annual with single stem highly branched above, 4-10 dm tall; lower leaves entire or rarely denticulate, up to 6 cm long and rarely to 1.5 cm wide; upper leaves lanceolate to narrowly linear; inflorescences few-flowered, terminating slender branches; petals white, 3-3.5 mm long; fruiting pedicels slender, spreading at right-angles or slightly ascending, 8-11 mm long; siliques erect, torulose, 1.5-2.5 cm long.

Status

Global Rank: G3?

State Rank: SNR

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 0

Number of Mapped Locations: 0

Number of Observations: 0

External Links

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

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