Stanleya (plant)
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Stanleya is a genus of six species of plants in the mustard family
known commonly as prince's plumes. These are herbs or erect shrubs which bear dense, plumelike inflorescence
s of white to bright yellow flowers with long stamen
s. Stanleya species are native to the western United States. These plants are toxic because they concentrate selenium
from the soil in their tissues.
Species:
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 commonly as prince's plumes. These are herbs or erect shrubs which bear dense, plumelike inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s of white to bright yellow flowers with long stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s. Stanleya species are native to the western United States. These plants are toxic because they concentrate selenium
Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...
from the soil in their tissues.
Species:
- Stanleya albescens - white prince's plume
- Stanleya confertiflora - Oregon prince's plume
- Stanleya elataStanleya elataStanleya elata is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Panamint princesplume. It is native to the desert mountains of eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in rocky and scrubby habitat types. It may also occur in Arizona. It is a perennial herb...
- Panamint prince's plume - Stanleya pinnataStanleya pinnataStanleya pinnata, also known as Prince's Plume, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name desert princesplume. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in many types of open habitat, including deserts, foothills, rocky cliffs, sagebrush, and...
- desert prince's plume - Stanleya tomentosa - woolly prince's plume
- Stanleya viridifloraStanleya viridifloraStanleya viridiflora is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name green princesplume. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in sagebrush and plateau habitat, often on rocky calcareous, sandstone, clay, shale, or volcanic soils. It is a...
- green prince's plume