Descurainia incisa, June 9, 2025
Common & scientific name
Mountain tansymustard, Descurainia incisa
Family
Mustard, Brassicaceae
Location
Winter gate, 8,500’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Yes, it’s weedy looking, tall and stringy, but it’s native, it’s edible, and it’s part of the great floral melting pot!
Distinguish Descurainia species by their siliques (seed pods) and their leaves (seen below, a particularly large one), using a good key by Weber or Ackerman. I won’t bore you with how I arrived at D. incisa .