PLANTS Profile for Alyssum desertorum var. desertorum (desert madwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum
desert madwort

Symbol:

ALDED

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

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Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

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Synonyms:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

ALTU2

Alyssum turkestanicum auct. non Regel & Schmalh.

Distribution:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum


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USA (CO, ID, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 19 species in Alyssum, 2 varieties in Alyssum desertorum Stapf

Classification:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

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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	Alyssum L. – madwort
Species	Alyssum desertorum Stapf – desert madwort
Variety	Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum – desert madwort

Introduced Information:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Alyssum desertorum Stapf var. desertorum

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531256.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 08:55 PM MDT