Plant: Annual herb 10 cm - 0.6 m tall. Stem: upright, slightly branched, covered with star-shaped hairs. Flowers: in branched, terminal clusters, white, 3 - 4 mm wide. Petals four, longer than sepals. Stamens six. Fruit: a pod, on 1 - 2 cm long stalks, widely diverging, 4 - 8 mm long, narrowly heart-shaped to triangular, somewhat flattened. Basal leaves: in a rosette, stalked, 5 - 10 cm long, oblong, pinnately lobed, minutely toothed and bristly along the margins, hairy. Stem leaves: alternate, stalkless, clasping, much smaller than basal leaves, lance-shaped to linear with a lobed base (typically pointed), sometimes toothed, hairy. Flowering: mid-March to October. Habitat and ecology: Introduced from Europe.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Sunset Trailhead
Location: Beside sidewalk of parking lot
9/17/16.

Notes: Prison Camp at edge of end of campground road 3/18/17.

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