Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
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Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family
known by the common names daggerpod and wallflower phoenicaulis. It is a small perennial herb of sagebrush country in the inland western United States
. It has pink or light purple flowers and pale, fuzzy leaves, and is one of the first plants to bloom in the spring in its area. The fruit is lance-shaped, long compared to its width, and rather hard when dry (see image at left), from which the common name "daggerpod" derives. It thrives in rocky volcanic soils as well as clay, and likes open, sunny areas in the sagebrush
scrub. More rarely, it is found in exposed higher areas such as mountain passes, as for the example at left. It is the only member of this genus, although the similar but yellow-flowered plant Anelsonia eurycarpa is sometimes treated in synonymy
with this genus as P. eurycarpa.
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
known by the common names daggerpod and wallflower phoenicaulis. It is a small perennial herb of sagebrush country in the inland western United States
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. It has pink or light purple flowers and pale, fuzzy leaves, and is one of the first plants to bloom in the spring in its area. The fruit is lance-shaped, long compared to its width, and rather hard when dry (see image at left), from which the common name "daggerpod" derives. It thrives in rocky volcanic soils as well as clay, and likes open, sunny areas in the sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
scrub. More rarely, it is found in exposed higher areas such as mountain passes, as for the example at left. It is the only member of this genus, although the similar but yellow-flowered plant Anelsonia eurycarpa is sometimes treated in synonymy
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
with this genus as P. eurycarpa.