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Caulanthus glaucus
Glaucous wild cabbage is a perennial desert wildflower from southern Nevada and nearby California mountains, growing in open, rocky limestone habitat. It is a species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs excellent drainage and full sun to survive.
Caulanthus glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names glaucous wild cabbage, bigleaf wildcabbage, and limestone jewelflower.
It is native to southern Nevada and adjacent parts of eastern California and Mojave Desert sky islands, where it grows in open, rocky habitat in the desert mountains.
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