Thickstem Wild Cabbage

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, Nevada, White Mountains, Montgomery Pass, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 2252 m (7390 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs. Also visible in this image are carpet phlox (Phlox hoodii canescens), mountain sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata vaseyana), and Heller birdbeaks (Cordylanthus kingii helleri). Date: 16 June 2017, 12:02. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 58′ 46.42″ N, 118° 18′ 18.9″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.979561; -118.305250.

Description: Caulanthus crassicaulis, ca. 0.5 miles east of the Utah border on County Road 16S, Moffat County, Colorado, 17 Jun 2008. Date: 17 June 2008, 13:43. Source: Caulanthus crassicaulis. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.

Description: Caulanthus crassicaulis, ca. 0.5 miles east of the Utah border on County Road 16S, Moffat County, Colorado, 17 Jun 2008. Date: 17 June 2008, 13:45. Source: Caulanthus crassicaulis. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.

Description: Thick-stem wild cabbage (Caulanthus crassicaulis), Mustard family (Brassicaceae). West side of the Starvation Reservoir, Starvation State Park, Utah. Date: 24 May 2015, 10:25. Source: 2015.05.24_10.25.55_IMG_2281. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: Caulanthus crassicaulis, ca. 0.5 miles east of the Utah border on County Road 16S, Moffat County, Colorado, 17 Jun 2008. Date: 17 June 2008, 13:43. Source: Caulanthus crassicaulis. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.

Description: Thick-stem wild cabbage (Caulanthus crassicaulis), Mustard family (Brassicaceae). West side of the Starvation Reservoir, Starvation State Park, Utah. Date: 24 May 2015, 10:25. Source: 2015.05.24_10.25.22_IMG_2280. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, Nevada, White Mountains, Montgomery Pass, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 2248 m (7375 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs. Also visible in this image are pinyon rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus puberulus), carpet phlox (Phlox hoodii canescens), mountain sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata vaseyana), lava aster (Ionactis alpina), Heller birdbeaks (Cordylanthus kingii helleri), singleleaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla), Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda secunda), pinyon groundsmoke (Gayophytum ramosissimum), western hawksbeard (Crepis occidentalis), and Eriogonum microthecum (probably var. ambiguum). Date: 16 June 2017, 12:22. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 58′ 53.62″ N, 118° 18′ 32.26″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.981561; -118.308962.

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, Nevada, White Mountains, Montgomery Pass, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 2252 m (7390 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs. Date: 16 June 2017, 12:03. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 58′ 46.42″ N, 118° 18′ 18.9″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.979561; -118.305250.

Description: Caulanthus crassicaulis, ca. 0.5 miles east of the Utah border on County Road 16S, Moffat County, Colorado, 17 Jun 2008. Date: 17 June 2008, 13:44. Source: Caulanthus crassicaulis. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, California, White Mountains, Deep Springs Valley drainage, elevation 2035 m (6675 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs, in this case spiny menodora (Menodora spinescens). Date: 2 May 2017, 12:34. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 20′ 14.06″ N, 118° 06′ 40.21″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.337238; -118.111170.

Description: Thick-stem wild cabbage (Caulanthus crassicaulis), Mustard family (Brassicaceae). West side of the Starvation Reservoir, Starvation State Park, Utah. Date: 24 May 2015, 10:26. Source: 2015.05.24_10.26.28_IMG_2282. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, Nevada, White Mountains, Montgomery Pass, Teels Marsh watershed, elevation 2252 m (7390 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs. Also visible in this image are carpet phlox (Phlox hoodii canescens), mountain sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata vaseyana), Heller birdbeaks (Cordylanthus kingii helleri), singleleaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla), humble beardtongue (Penstemon humilis humilis), pinyon rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus puberulus), antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), and lava aster (Ionactis alpina). Date: 16 June 2017, 12:00. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 58′ 46.42″ N, 118° 18′ 18.9″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.979561; -118.305250.

Description: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis, California, White Mountains, Deep Springs Valley drainage, elevation 2035 m (6675 ft). This distinctive perennial mustard family member is essentially endemic to the Intermountain Region of the western United States (as defined in the Intermountain Flora series), extending shortly into the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert. It prefers sagebrush and pinyon-juniper vegetation up to about 3000 meters (10000 feet) elevation, and often grows up through the canopies of shrubs, in this case spiny menodora (Menodora spinescens). Also visible are yellowthroats (Phacelia fremontii). Date: 2 May 2017, 12:32. Source: spindlestem, Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 20′ 14.06″ N, 118° 06′ 40.21″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.337238; -118.111170.

California, United States

Bley (historical), Nevada, United States

California, United States

Bley (historical), Nevada, United States

Bley (historical), Nevada, United States

Bley (historical), Nevada, United States