Burke: Turritis glabra

	Turritis glabra
	tower mustard
Habit	Biennial or short-lived perennial from a simple crown, the stem usually single, simple or branched above, 3-15 dm. tall, pubescent with stiff, simple hairs at the base, becoming glabrous above.
Leaves	Leaves mainly cauline, the basal ones oblanceolate, 3-14 cm. long, usually remotely toothed, the blade narrowed to a short, winged, greenish petiole, pubescent with a mixture of simple and stellate hairs; cauline leaves alternate, overlapping, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long and up to 4 cm. broad, sessile and conspicuously auriculate.
Flowers	Inflorescence a many-flowered raceme, up to 6 dm. long in fruit; pedicles slender, 5-12 mm. long; sepals 4, 3 mm. long, not gibbous at the base; petals 4, cream colored, 5-6 mm. long; stamens 6; style 1-1.5 mm. long.
Fruits	Siliques glabrous, 6-10 cm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, 1-nerved nearly full length; seeds in 2 series, 1-1.5 mm. long with a winged margin 0.2 mm. broad.

	Turritis glabra
Flowering time	May-July
Habitat	Seasonally moist, sometimes rocky, soil in open woods, clearings, and grassy balds.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northern California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and eastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Turritis glabra

tower mustard

Habit

Biennial or short-lived perennial from a simple crown, the stem usually single, simple or branched above, 3-15 dm. tall, pubescent with stiff, simple hairs at the base, becoming glabrous above.

Leaves

Leaves mainly cauline, the basal ones oblanceolate, 3-14 cm. long, usually remotely toothed, the blade narrowed to a short, winged, greenish petiole, pubescent with a mixture of simple and stellate hairs;

cauline leaves alternate, overlapping, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long and up to 4 cm. broad, sessile and conspicuously auriculate.

Flowers

Inflorescence a many-flowered raceme, up to 6 dm. long in fruit; pedicles slender, 5-12 mm. long;

sepals 4, 3 mm. long, not gibbous at the base;

petals 4, cream colored, 5-6 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 1-1.5 mm. long.

Fruits

Siliques glabrous, 6-10 cm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, 1-nerved nearly full length;

seeds in 2 series, 1-1.5 mm. long with a winged margin 0.2 mm. broad.

Turritis glabra

Flowering time

May-July

Habitat

Seasonally moist, sometimes rocky, soil in open woods, clearings, and grassy balds.

Distribution

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northern California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and eastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

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