Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

BRASSICACEAE

- Mustard family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Nomencl. ref.: Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2): 192 (1892)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Herb sophia

English name: flixweed

English name: herb-Sophia

French name: sagesse des chirurgiens

Italian name: Erba Sofia

German name: Sophienkraut

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Biennial

Synonyms:
= Sisymbrium sophia L.
= Sophia sophia (L.) Britton

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Descurainia
Species:

Page counter: 2204 ( AVG: 222.02 / 291.019 )

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Descurainia sophia
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Descurainia sophia
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Descurainia sophia
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Descurainia sophia
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Descurainia sophia
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Descurainia sophia
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Descurainia sophia
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Descurainia sophia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Descurainia sophia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, cortile presso alcuni edifici abbandonati all'interno dello scalo ferroviario di Prosecco. , TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Descurainia sophia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 170.

Descurainia sophia
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Descurainia sophia
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

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Map for Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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4) Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell. [1131]
5) Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. var. acuminatus (Benth.) Isely [137]
6) Desmatodon barbula (Schwägr.) Grout [131]
7) Desmatodon heimii (Hedw.) Mitt. var. obtusifolius (R. Br.) Kuc [127]
8) Desmazieria cephaolta (Tuck.) Follmann & Huneck [111]
9) Desmodium angustifolium (Kunth) DC. var. gramineum (A. Gray) B.G. Schub. [89]
10) Desmodium canum (J.F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. var. angustifolium (Griseb.) Léon & Alain [135]

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