Streptanthus glandulosus

Streptanthus glandulosus
Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. glandulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Streptanthus
Species:
S. glandulosus
Binomial name
Streptanthus glandulosus
Hook. (1836)
Subspecies and varieties[1]

Ten; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Erysimum glandulosum (Hook.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Euklisia glandulosa (Hook.) Greene (1904)

Streptanthus glandulosus is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name bristly jewelflower.[2] It is native to California and southwestern Oregon, where it grows in many types of habitat, including grassland, chaparral, and woodlands. Genetic and other analyses indicate that it is a species complex with ten subspecies which evolved as populations were isolated from each other.[3] The complex includes subspecies previously considered separate species, such as the rare Tiburon jewelflower (ssp. niger) endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area.[4] Plants in the complex are variable. In general they are annual herbs growing 10 centimeters to over a meter in height. They may be hairless hairy to bristly. The ephemeral basal leaves have blades borne on winged petioles. Leaves higher on the stem are linear to lance-shaped and clasp the stem at their bases. Flowers occur at intervals along the upper stem. Each flower has an urn-shaped calyx of sepals one-half to over one centimeter long which can be almost any color from white to yellowish to pink or purple to nearly black. Purple, white, or purple-veined white petals emerge from the tip. The fruit is a straight or curving silique up to 11 centimeters long.

  1. ^ a b Streptanthus glandulosus Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Streptanthus glandulosus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ Mayer, M. S. and L. Beseda. (2010). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the Streptanthus glandulosus complex (Brassicaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97:1 106-116.
  4. ^ Flora of North America