Biology:Descurainia bourgaeana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae

Descurainia bourgaeana
Descurainia bourgaeana LC0218.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Descurainia
Species:
D. bourgaeana
Binomial name
Descurainia bourgaeana
(Gray) O.E.Schulz

Descurainia bourgaeana (hierba pajonera or flixweed) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae endemic to Las Cañadas del Teide on Tenerife[1]:140 and La Palma[2] in the Canary Islands.

Descurainia bourgaeana grows as shrubby clumps about 1 metre in height with yellow flowers.

Desurainia bourgaeana in close up

References

  1. Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4. 
  2. "Flora Vascular de Canarias: Descurainia bourgeauana (E. Fourn.) O. E. Schulz". http://www.floradecanarias.com/descurainia_bourgeauana.html. Retrieved 18 June 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5263815 entry