Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Thelypodiopsis
Species: vaseyi
Las Vegas Tumble Mustard - Thelypodiopsis vaseyi
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
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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
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 0
Number of Mapped Locations: 0
Number of Observations: 0
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)