Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide
Descurainia torulosa
- Similar Species: Varieties of D. incana have glabrous fruits or glandular-pubescent stems and leaves. D. pinnata has glabrous, club-shaped fruit.
- Flowering/Fruiting Period: July-September.
- Distribution: Endemic to the Absaroka Mountains and Rock Springs Uplift in Wyoming (Fremont, Park, Sweetwater, and Teton Cos.).
- Habitat: Sparsely vegetated sandy slopes at base of cliffs of volcanic breccia or sandstone. Elev. 8300-10,000 ft.
- References: Dorn 1989 c; Fertig 1992 e; Marriott 1991 c, 1992 c; Rollins 1983, 1993; USDA Forest Service 1989, 1991.
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