Descurainia incisa, June 28, 2023
Lower leaf
Common & scientific name
Mountain tansymustard, Descurainia incisa
Family
Mustard, Brassicaceae
Location
Difficult, 8,100’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Yes, it’s weedy looking, tall and stringy, but it’s native, it’s edible, and it’s part of the great floral melting pot!
Distinguish Descurainia species by their siliques (seed pods), photo to come, and their leaves (seen below, a particularly large one), using a good key by Weber or Ackerman. I won’t bore you with how I arrived at D. incisa .