Descurainia bourgaeana
| Descurainia bourgaeana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Descurainia |
| Species: | D. bourgaeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Descurainia bourgaeana (Gray) O.E.Schulz | |
Descurainia bourgaeana (hierba pajonera or flixweed) is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family endemic to La Palma and Las Cañadas del Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Descurainia bourgaeana grows as shrubby clumps about 1 metre in height with yellow flowers.
Desurainia bourgaeana in close up
References
- Barbara E. Goodson, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Robert K. Jansen, Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications, Taxon 55 (3), August 2006: 671–682
- Flora of the Mt. Teide National Park
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