BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
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Scientific Name:<br />
Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa<br />
Size:<br />
30 - 100 cm<br />
BRASSICACEAE -- Mustard <strong>Family</strong><br />
Description:<br />
Synonym: Descurainia richardsonii.<br />
Erect annual or biennial herb, stems much<br />
branched above with short, branched hairs,<br />
mixed with simple hairs and gland-tipped hairs,<br />
or almost glabrous. Leaves alternate, pinnate<br />
with 2 - 4 pairs of deeply and irregularly incised<br />
or toothed leaflets. Flowers perfect, stalked, in<br />
small, loose clusters at branch ends, elongating<br />
in fruit. Sepals 4, ovate, yellowish, 1 - 2 mm<br />
long. Petals 4, obovate, 1.5 - 3 mm long, with a<br />
narrow, tapered base. Stamens 6, yellow, 4<br />
equal, 2 shorter. Fruit a linear pod, 7 - 15 mm<br />
long, 1 mm wide, with 2 compartments with one<br />
row of seeds in each.<br />
150<br />
Common Name:<br />
Richardson or mountain tansy mustard<br />
Color:<br />
Yellow<br />
Notes:<br />
The genus Descurainia is named for Francois<br />
Descurain (1658 – 1740), an early French<br />
pharmacist and naturalist. There are 6 different<br />
species and a total of 13 subspecies of<br />
Descurainia in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. There are 3<br />
species in the Manzanos. Richardson tansy<br />
mustard blooms from May through August<br />
between 6500 and 10000 ft.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Native
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