Chlorocrambe

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Chlorocrambe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Chlorocrambe
Rydb.
Species:
C. hastata
Binomial name
Chlorocrambe hastata
(S.Watson) Rydb.
Synonyms [1]
  • Caulanthus hastatusS.Watson
  • Streptanthus hastatus(S.Watson) M.E.Peck

Chlorocrambe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [2] It includes a single species, Chlorocrambe hastata, a perennial native to Idaho, Oregon, and Utah in the western United States. [1]

The species was first described as Caulanthus hastatus by Sereno Watson in 1871. In 1907 Per Axel Rydberg placed the species in the new monotypic genus Chlorocrambe as Chlorocrambe hastata. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chlorocrambe hastata (S.Watson) Rydb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  2. "Chlorocrambe Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2025.