Strigosella africana

Strigosella africana
Individual near Lake Mead, southern Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Strigosella
Species:	S. africana
Binomial name
Strigosella africana (L.) Botsch.
Synonyms
Synonymy Cheiranthus scaber Moench Cheiranthus taraxacifolius Balb. Crucifera africana (L.) E.H.L.Krause Erysimum polyceratum Pall. Fedtschenkoa africana (L.) F.Dvořák Hesperis africana L. (1753) (basionym) Hesperis diffusa Lam. Hesperis hispida Schreb. ex Roth Hesperis inodora Asso Hesperis jasa Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall. Hesperis laxa Lam. Hesperis pachypodium E.Fourn. Malcolmia africana (L.) W.T.Aiton Malcolmia africana var. calycina Sennen ex Maire Malcolmia africana var. laxa (DC.) Regel Malcolmia africana var. squarrosa Sennen & Mauricio Malcolmia calycina Sennen Malcolmia divaricata Fisch. Malcolmia halophila Gilli Malcolmia laxa DC. Malcolmia laxa var. hispidula Regel Malcolmia laxa var. stenopetala Regel Strigosella africana var. laxa (Lam.) Botsch. Strigosella laxa (Lam.) Galushko Wilckia africana (L.) F.Muell. Wilckia africana var. laxa (Lam.) Grossh.

Strigosella africana, or African mustard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant which ranges from the Mediterranean Basin through western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, southern and Eastern European Russia, and Mongolia to India and China. It has naturalized elsewhere, including much of western North America and parts of France, Central Europe, and Argentina. It is invasive in Nevada and Utah.

It is an annual herb growing in a prostrate patch or clump with stiff, furry stems up to half a meter long. The mustardlike flowers are pink to lavender and yield siliques up to 6 centimeters long.

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• Jepson Manual Treatment
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