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Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton
western tansymustard

       
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Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

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Distribution:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 8 species in Descurainia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. brachycarpa (Richardson) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. filipes (A. Gray) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. filipes
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. glabra (Woot. & Standl.) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. glabra
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. halictorum (Cockerell) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. intermedia (Rydb.) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. intermedia
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. menziesii (DC.) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. menziesii
Menzies' tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. nelsonii (Rydb.) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. nelsonii
Nelson's tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. ochroleuca (Woot.) Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. ochroleuca
western tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. paysonii Detling. .
Descurainia pinnata ssp. paysonii
Payson's tansymustard
Distribution of Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. pinnata. . Image Available.
Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata
western tansymustard
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Classification:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

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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 Descurainia Webb & Bethel. – tansymustard
Species Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton – western tansymustard
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa
northern tansey-mustard              Endangered
Ohio:
tansy-mustard              Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

green tansymustard
tansymustard

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt Low           Minor  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22826.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton

Arizona: abstract & image of tansymustard (Descurainia pinnata)

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: dicot pick list

Oregon State University: Weed Identification page

 
 
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