Burke: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides vs. Brassicaceae

	Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides	Brassicaceae
	daggerpod
Habit	Tufted perennial from a thick taproot and branched crown, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall, glabrous.
Leaves	Leaves mostly in thick rosettes, 3-15 cm. long, oblanceolate, entire, the blade narrowed to a slender petiole, grayish with cross-shaped hairs and hairs shaped like tree branches; cauline leaves alternate, sessile, auriculate, narrowly lanceolate, 5-20 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Flowers	Inflorescence a numerous-flowered raceme; pedicles 5-35 mm. long, spreading; sepals 4, 5-6 mm. long, somewhat gibbous-based, often pink or purplish; petals 4, pinkish to reddish-purple, obovate-oblanceolate, long-clawed, 11-15 mm. long; stamens 6; style 1 mm. long.
Fruits	Siliques compressed, glabrous, linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong, tapered at the ends, 2-8 cm. long and 2-6 mm. broad; valves 1-nerved.

	Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides	Brassicaceae
Flowering time	April-June
Habitat	Shrub-steppe and open ponderosa pine forests.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	[BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Brassicaceae

daggerpod

Habit

Tufted perennial from a thick taproot and branched crown, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall, glabrous.

Leaves

Leaves mostly in thick rosettes, 3-15 cm. long, oblanceolate, entire, the blade narrowed to a slender petiole, grayish with cross-shaped hairs and hairs shaped like tree branches;

cauline leaves alternate, sessile, auriculate, narrowly lanceolate, 5-20 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely hairy.

Flowers

Inflorescence a numerous-flowered raceme; pedicles 5-35 mm. long, spreading;

sepals 4, 5-6 mm. long, somewhat gibbous-based, often pink or purplish;

petals 4, pinkish to reddish-purple, obovate-oblanceolate, long-clawed, 11-15 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 1 mm. long.

Fruits

Siliques compressed, glabrous, linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong, tapered at the ends, 2-8 cm. long and 2-6 mm. broad;

valves 1-nerved.