Athysanus unilateralis

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Athysanus unilateralis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Athysanus
Species:
A. unilateralis
Binomial name
Athysanus unilateralis
Synonyms [1]
  • Draba unilateralisM.E.Jones
  • Heterodraba unilateralis(M.E.Jones) Greene

Athysanus unilateralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual native to southern Oregon, California, and northern Baja California. [1]

In California it is native to the Central Valley, Cascade Range foothills, inner and outer southern Coast Ranges, southern Sierra foothills, and Tehachapi Mountains. [2]

The species was first described as Draba unilateralis by Marcus E. Jones in 1882. In 1901 Willis Linn Jepson placed the plant in genus Athysanus . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Athysanus unilateralis (M.E.Jones) Jeps". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz 2012, Athysanus unilateralis in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, accessed 23 March 2025.