California Tansy Mustard

Descurainia californica

(A.Gray) O.E.Schulz Species

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Botanical name
Descurainia californica
Also known as
California Tansy Mustard
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Descurainia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow California Tansy Mustard

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Descurainia californica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Sisymbrium californicum Smelowskia californica Sophia leptostylis

Others in Descurainia

Descurainia artemisioides
Descurainia browniae
Descurainia canoensis
Descurainia cleefii
Descurainia erodiifolia
Descurainia gilva
Descurainia impatiens
Descurainia incisa
Cut-Leaved Tansy Mustard

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