Plants Profile for Descurainia incana incana (mountain tansymustard)

General Information
Symbol:	DEINI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Brassicaceae
Duration:	Annual Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
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.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae – 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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant 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 Richardson's tansy-mustard Possibly Extirpated

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status