brassicaceae

Alyssum	simplex Syrian Madwort
Alyssum simplex, Syrian madwort, growing in Durango Mountain Park, Durango, Colorado, 6,600 foot elevation, May 13, 2003.
Arabis	drummondii Drummond's Rockcress
Arabis drummondii, Drummond's Rockcress, growing in monzonite gravel on the Eastern slopes of Mount Princeton, Colorado, 10,800 foot elevation. Habitat is open areas in a Pinus flexilus forest.
Berteroa	incana Hoary Alyssum
Berteroa incana, Hoary Alyssum, growing at the edge of a grassy meadow at Evergreen Mountain Park just West of Denver, Colorado, 7,900 Feet, September 14, 2004.
Capsella	bursa-pastoris Shepards Purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris, Shephards Purse, growing in Los Alamos Canyon, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Elevation is 7,550 feet, May 23, 2003.
Cardamine	cordifolia Heartleaf Bittercress
Cardamine cordifolia ,Heartleaf Bittercress,growing by alpine lake in Cedar Breaks National Monument, 10,400 Feet, July 13, 2007. Height is 61 cm, leaves stem alternate, length 63 mm, width 39 mm, Flowers in racemes, about 35 per raceme, flower width 11 mm, length 9 mm, fruits are siliques, length 23 mm, width 0.8 mm. Likes moist ground near shaded lakeshore in spruce forest. Common along subalpine streams.
Chorospora	tenella Purple Field Mustard
Chorospora tenella, Purple Field Mustard, growing in disturbed ground in a grassy meadow north of Rama, Colorado, 6,000 Feet, April 20, 2006.
Descurania	sophia Flixweed
Descurania sophia, Flixweed, growing no mesas in Bandalier National Monument, New Mexico, elevation 6,500 feet, May 11, 2003.
Dimorphocarpa	wislizeni Spectacle Pod
Dimprphocarpa wislizeni, Spectacle Pod, growing in a sandy substrate, Christ in the Desert Monastary, central New Mexico, 6,610 feet, September 5, 2003. Substrate is sandy outwash from theTriassic Chinle and Jurassic Entrada formations.
Draba	crassa Thickleaf Draba
Draba crassa, Thickleaf or Alpine Draba, growing in Kite Lake Basin, Mosquito Range, Colorado. Elevation is 12,500 feet, July 21, 2005. Habitat is a north facing slope, alpine tundra.
Erysimum	capitatum Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum, Western Wallflower, growing on gravel from monzonite outwash, east facing slope on Mount Princeton, Colorado, 10,580 feet, June 10, 2003.
Lepidium	ramosissimum Bourgeaus Pepperweed
Bourgeau’s Pepperweed or Common Pepperweed, Lepidium ramosissimum var. bourgeau / Lepidium densiflorum var. bourgeau, growing on gravel flats above Grape Creek, 5,950 Feet, June 1, 2007. Plant height is 46 cm., flowers white, tiny, flower width 3 mm, pods 3 mm long and 3 mm wide, stem leaves alternate, length 31 mm., width 3 mm., basal leaves old, length 10 cm., width 2.5 cm.
Lesquerella	arenosa Great Plains Bladderpod
Lesquerella arenosa, Great Plains Bladderpod, growing in disturbed ground at Rockhound State Park southeast of Deming, New Mexico, elevation 4,650 feet, March 6, 2006. Plant height is 21 cm., flower width is 10 mm. with 5.5 mm. petals. Leaves are basal and stem, stem alternate, hairy, 30 mm. long and 4.5 mm. wide. Silicles are ellipsoidal, length 3 mm., with two compartments.
Physaria	alpina
Avery Peak Twinpod, Physaria alpina, growing in an alpine meadow just South of Weston Pass, Mosquito Range, 12,000 Feet, September 6, 2007. Growing on windswept ridge east of summit and in low broadd hollow east of ridge top. Flower width is 10 mm, length is 10 mm, leaves in basal rosette, diameter 50 mm. Leaf length 11 mm, width 6 mm. Substrate is gravel and probably limestone.
Rorippa	nasturtium Watercress
Watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, growing in stream from Darwin Falls, near Panimant Springs, Death Valley, California, 2,500 Feet, March 16, 2007, leaf length is 22 mm, leaf width is 26 mm, flower width 3mm.
Sisymbrium	altissimum Tumble Mustard
Sisymbrium altissimum, Tumble Mustard, growing in disturbed ground in the parking lot of the Randall Davy Audubon Center, western foothills of the Sangre De Christo Mountains, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 7,400 feet, May 21, 2003.
Stanlyea	pinnata Desert Princesplume
Stanleya pinnata, Desert Princesplume, growing along the base and banks of an arroyo on the shale barrens at Lake Pueblo State Park, elevation 5,100 Feet, July 9, 2006.
Thalspi	montanum Wild Pennycress, Candytuft
Thalspi montanum, Wild Pennycress, growing in subalpine meadows along the Crags Trail, northwest side of the Pikes Peak Massif, 10,400 feet, May 30, 2006.
Thelypodium	integrifolium Entireleaf Thelypodium
Entireleaf Thelypodium, Thelypodium intregifolium, growing in a sandstone canyon under a large Utah Juniper, relatively shaded spot, rattlesnake arches trail Near Colorado national monument, 4,630 Feet. Tall, height is about 1.75 meters, flowers white, width 9mm, petals 4, length 4mm, silique length 16mm, width 2mm, stem leaves length 55mm, width 4mm, alternate.