genus

Jewelflowers

Streptanthus

Field notes

Streptanthus is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. There are 56 known species within the genus Streptanthus, distributed through the western and south-central United States and northern Mexico. The common names for this genus are twistflower and jewelflower. Twenty-four of the species and eleven lesser taxa occur in California, thirty-two of which are California endemics; seventeen of these California taxa are classified as rare plants.