PLANTS Profile for Malcolmia africana (African mustard)

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PLANTS Profile

Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton
African mustard

Symbol:

MAAF

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

©Gary A. Monroe. No. United States, CA, Death Valley National Park, Eureka Dunes. May 15, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

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Distribution:
Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, KS, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (SK)

Related Taxa:
Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 3 species in Malcolmia

Classification:
Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

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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	Malcolmia W.T. Aiton – malcolmia
Species	Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton – African mustard

Introduced Information:
Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

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:
Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T. Aiton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23243.

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

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 02:04 PM MDT