PLANTS Profile for Descurainia incana ssp. incana (mountain tansymustard)

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Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana
mountain tansymustard

Symbol:

DEINI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

Descurainia richardsonii

Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CO. Usage Requirements.

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Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

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Synonyms:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

DEINM	Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn var. major (Hook.) Dorn
DERI2	Descurainia richardsonii O.E. Schulz
DETO2	Descurainia torulosa Rollins, nom. inq.	Wind River tansymustard
SIIN11	Sisymbrium incanum Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
SORI5	Sophia richardsonii (O.E. Schulz) Rydb.

Native Status:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CO, CT, ID, KS, MA, ME, MN, MT, ND, NM, SD, TX, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 8 species in Descurainia, 4 subspecies in Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn

Classification:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Descurainia Webb & Bethel. – tansymustard
Species	Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn – mountain tansymustard
Subspecies	Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana – mountain tansymustard

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Descurainia incana
Richardson's tansy-mustard		Possibly Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn ssp. incana

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523966.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:47 AM CDT