General:
Annual or sometimes biennial herb from a taproot; stems 10-150 cm tall; sparsely to densely hairy with starlike and stalked-glandular hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few; stem leaves deeply once to thrice compound below, becoming once or twice pinnately compound above, 2-12 cm long, segments oblong to oblanceolate, 1-2 mm wide.
Flowers:
Racemes clustered at the top; flowers stalks spreading-ascending, often curved, 1-9 mm long, less than half the length of the siliques; petals yellowish, about length of sepals; sepals 1.5-2 mm long, yellowish.
Fruits:
Siliques, spreading-ascending, 16-33 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; style to 0.2 mm long; seeds in one row.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
922 | 304 | 1828 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
43 | 0 | 75 |
Aspect (degrees) |
175 | 90 | 275 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
1 | 1 | 3 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
A | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(5), BWBS(2), ESSF(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Sisymbrium sophioides Fisch. ex Hook.