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Caulanthus
Caulanthus is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Plants of this genus may be known as jewelflowers. They are also often referred to as wild cabbage, although this common name usually refers to wild variants of Brassica oleracea, the cabbage plant. Jewelflowers are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are often found in warm, arid regions. Many species have an enlarged, erect stem rising from a basal rosette of leaves. Flowers arise directly from the surface of the stem; many species have colorful, bell-shaped flowers. The best-known of the fourteen species is probably the desert candle.
Selected species:
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
California mustard
speciesCaulanthus lasiophyllus
desert candle
speciesCaulanthus inflatus
San Diego Wild Cabbage
speciesCaulanthus heterophyllus
thick-stem wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus crassicaulis
Coulter's wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus coulteri
Lemmon's mustard
speciesCaulanthus anceps
Claspingleaf Wild Cabbage
speciesCaulanthus amplexicaulis
Cooper's wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus cooperi
chocolate drops
speciesCaulanthus sierrae
Hall's Wild Cabbage
speciesCaulanthus hallii
Payson's jewelflower
speciesCaulanthus simulans
hairy wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus pilosus
slender wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus major
limestone jewelflower
speciesCaulanthus glaucus
California jewelflower
speciesCaulanthus californicus
Yellow Mustard
speciesCaulanthus flavescens
lemmon's jewelflower
speciesCaulanthus lemmonii
Black Rock wild cabbage
speciesCaulanthus barnebyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57854.