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Common sandweed

Athysanus pusillus

Also called Dwarf Athysanus, Sandweed

Common sandweed
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
W. Canada to Mexico (Baja California)
Climate
temperate

About

Athysanus pusillus, the common sandweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.

Where it grows

It is native to the western United States and into British Columbia and Baja California.

Other Athysanus plants

Ladies Tongue Mustard · Sandweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Athysanus pusillus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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