fringepods

genus Thysanocarpus

Member of mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

Key features:

shape and length of pedicels in fruit
shape of cauline leaves
color of fertile anthers in flower

sand fringepod
Thysanocarpus curvipes

sand fringepod
Thysanocarpus curvipes

proximal pedicels in fruit recurved in a continuous arc, 3–7(12) mm
fruit 3–6(9) mm wide
cauline leaves lanceolate, bases lobed, clasping
basal leaves present
fertile anthers purple
common

mountain fringepod
Thysanocarpus laciniatus

mountain fringepod
Thysanocarpus laciniatus

proximal pedicels in fruit recurved in a continuous arc, 2.5–6(8) mm
fruit 3–5 mm wide
cauline leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, bases wedge-shaped, ± lobed or not, ± not clasping
basal leaves present
fertile anthers purple
scattered

ribbed fringepod
Thysanocarpus radians

proximal pedicels in fruit ± straight except sharply reflexed near tips, 7–18 mm
fruit 7–10 mm wide
cauline leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, bases lobed, clasping
basal leaves present
fertile anthers yellow
rare

2 observed taxons / 1 unobserved taxon / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 17 (7 are research grade)

Locations:

Henry Coe SP: 7
Almaden Quicksilver CP: 5
Calero CP: 2
Coyote Valley OSP
Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
Sierra Azul OSP

Months:

Feb.: 1
Mar.: 4
Apr.: 8
May: 4

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora