Sisymbrium linifolium

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Sisymbrium linifolium
Schoenocrambe linifolia.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Sisymbrium
Species:
S. linifolium
Binomial name
Sisymbrium linifolium
(Nutt.) Nutt. [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Erysimum glaberrimumHook. & Arn.
  • Erysimum linifolium(Nutt.) M.E.Jones, nom. illeg.
  • Hesperis linifolia(Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Nasturtium linifoliumNutt.
  • Nasturtium pumilumNutt., nom. illeg.
  • Schoenocrambe decumbensRydb.
  • Schoenocrambe linifolia(Nutt.) Greene
  • Schoenocrambe pinnataGreene
  • Schoenocrambe pygmaea(Nutt.) Greene
  • Sisymbrium decumbens(Rydb.) Blank.
  • Sisymbrium junceumHook., nom. illeg.
  • Sisymbrium pygmaeumNutt.

Sisymbrium linifolium, synonyms including Schoenocrambe linifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family, [1] known by the common names flaxleaf plainsmustard, skeleton mustard, and Salmon River plains-mustard. It is native to western North America, where it can be found from British Columbia east of the Cascade Range to Saskatchewan in Canada and south to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. An "extremely common" plant, [2] it is most abundant in the Columbia, Great, and Colorado Basins. [3]

Contents

This perennial plant produces erect stems up to half a meter tall from a caudex. It grows from a long, deep rhizome. The leaves are linear, sometimes divided toward the base of the plant. The fruit is a slender silique up to 6 centimeters long. It reproduces by seed and by resprouting from the rhizome and caudex. The latter process helps it recover quickly from wildfire. [3]

This plant occurs in many types of habitat, including salt-desert shrub, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper woodland, mountain shrub, and habitat dominated by Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). It is the most common forb in a number of regions, including a pinyon-sagebrush transition in northeastern Utah and the grasslands of the Snake River Plain. [3]

Uses

The leaves are spicy enough to make wasabi but can also be mixed into salads and other dishes. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sisymbrium linifolium (Nutt.) Nutt." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Howard, Janet L. 2003. Schoenocrambe linifolia. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
  3. Nyerges, Christopher (2017). Foraging Washington: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods. Guilford, CT: Falcon Guides. ISBN   978-1-4930-2534-3. OCLC   965922681.