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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-16-002:
Descurainia pinnata FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sophia pinnata
COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Tansy-mustard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sopi6_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_205
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-16-002:
Descurainia pinnata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sophia pinnata
445
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Open sandy areas, especially roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
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