genus
Tansy Mustards
Descurainia
Field notes
Children
- Flixweed introduced
- Western Tansymustard native
- Tansy-leaved Rocket
- Northern Tansymustard native
- Mountain Tansymustard native
- Richardson's Tansymustard native
- Threadstalk Tansymustard native
- Sierra Tansymustard native
- Paradise Tansymustard native
- Descurainia adenophora native
- Descurainia kenheilii
- Nelson's Tansymustard native
- Blunt Tansymustard native
- Descurainia browniae
- Wyoming Tansy Mustard
- Descurainia brevisiliqua
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native tansy mustards All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Western Tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
7
flowers
18
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Richardson's Tansymustard
Descurainia incana
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
3
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Mountain Tansymustard
Descurainia incisa
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
2
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Sierra Tansymustard
Descurainia californica
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
2
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Paradise Tansymustard
Descurainia paradisa
caterpillars
5
flowers
2
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Threadstalk Tansymustard
Descurainia longepedicellata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
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Blunt Tansymustard
Descurainia obtusa
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
1
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Northern Tansymustard
Descurainia sophioides
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Descurainia adenophora
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Nelson's Tansymustard
Descurainia nelsonii