shortpod mustard

Hirschfeldia incana

Member of yellow mustards
mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

There are no other wild species of this genus anywhere.

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• fruit appressed to stem
• fruit does not have a square cross section; flattened at least in the upper part?
• fruit 0.7–1.5 cm long, 1–1.7 mm wide
• terminal segment conical, 3–6 mm long, 1–2 seeded
• basal leaves in a rosette, pinnately lobed
• cauline leaves dentate to pinnately lobed, petioled or sessile, not clasping
• most leaves are in the basal rosette; compare to black mustard (Rhamphospermum nigrum)
• leaf feels “fuzzy” [basal or cauline?] [IF]
• vegetation is dull gray-green; compare to black mustard (Rhamphospermum nigrum) [IF]
• leaves have regular lobes with a terminal lobe not much wider than the side lobes
• many more basal lobes than black mustard (Rhamphospermum nigrum)
• open flowers often overtop flower buds
• sepals and buds are hairy [IF]; compare to black mustard (Rhamphospermum nigrum)
• very common

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Chris’s observations: 14 (3 are research grade)

Locations:

• Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 2
• Joseph D. Grant CP: 2
• Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 2
• Russian Ridge OSP: 2
• Sierra Vista OSP: 2
• Calero CP
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
• Fremont Older OSP
• Mission Peak RP

Months:

• May: 2
• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 1
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 2
• Oct.: 1
• Nov.: 0
• Dec.: 1
• Jan.: 2
• Feb.: 1
• Mar.: 3

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora