Description ⁴

Biennial plant; first year it has lobed basal leaves arranged similarly to Saharan mustard, but quite spiny. Lobes are spine-tipped. Bolts and flowers in the second year.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) joecf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by joecf
2. (c) Steve Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve Jones
3. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
4. (c) Steve Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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