Mountain Tansymustard

Descurainia incana

(Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Dorn Species

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Botanical name
Descurainia incana
Also known as
Gray Tansy Mustard, Grey Tansy Mustard, Mountain Tansy Mustard, Mountain Tansymustard, Richardson's Tansy Mustard
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Descurainia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mountain Tansymustard

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Other names for this plant

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

Descurainia incana subsp. procera Descurainia incana var. brevipes Descurainia incana var. macrosperma Descurainia incana var. major Descurainia richardsonii Descurainia richardsonii subsp. procera Descurainia richardsonii var. alpestris Descurainia richardsonii var. brevipes Descurainia richardsonii var. macrosperma Descurainia richardsonii var. procera Sisymbrium canescens var. alpestre Sisymbrium canescens var. brevipes Sisymbrium canescens var. major Sisymbrium incanum Sisymbrium procerum Sisymbrium richardsonii Sophia brevipes Sophia procera Sophia richardsoniana Sophia richardsonii

Others in Descurainia

Descurainia artemisioides
Descurainia bourgaeana
Descurainia bourgeauana
Descurainia browniae
Descurainia californica
California Tansy Mustard
Descurainia canoensis
Descurainia cleefii
Descurainia depressa

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