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Slender Wild Cabbage
( Caulanthus major )
Caulanthus major
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About Slender Wild Cabbage (Caulanthus major)
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Caulanthus major
is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name slender wild cabbage. It is native to the Great Basin and surrounding regions of the United States, where it grows on dry mountain slopes and similar habitat. It is a perennial herb growing an erect, hollow stem from a woody caudex. It is most similar to its relative,
Caulanthus crassicaulis
. Leaves appear in a basal rosette about the stem and along the body of the stem, and are smooth, toothed, or deeply cut along the edges. The largest leaves are lowest on the stem and may reach 9 centimeters long. The flower is enclosed in thick, sometimes hairy sepals which are very dark in color when new, usually a deep purple. The petals emerging from the tip are narrow and dark-veined. The fruit is a thin silique up to 13 centimeters long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Flower Color
Purple
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 7
likely
* )
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Pearly Marble
Euchloe hyantis
Euchloe hyantis
*
Checkered White
Pontia protodice
Pontia protodice
*
Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
Anthocharis sara
*
Western White
Pontia occidentalis
Pontia occidentalis
*
Desert Orangetip
Anthocharis cethura
Anthocharis cethura
*
Large Marble
Euchloe ausonides
Euchloe ausonides
*
Spring White
Pontia sisymbrii
Pontia sisymbrii
Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.3" - 50.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.51" - 2.87", Coldest Month: 24.4" - 50.5", Hottest Month: 46.6" - 80.2", Humidity: 1.46" - 31.77", Elevation: 2434" - 10534"
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Slender Wild Cabbage
Caulanthus major
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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