Thysanocarpus
Sign in to saveThysanocarpus is a small genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae known generally as fringepods or lacepods. These are small, erect annual herbs. The flat fruit capsule is generally round or oval-shaped with a wing that goes all the way around the pod, giving it a fringed look. The fruits hang from most of the length of the stem. The plants are native to the western United States, British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toArizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington
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Thysanocarpus is a small genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae known generally as fringepods or lacepods. These are small, erect annual herbs. The flat fruit capsule is generally round or oval-shaped with a wing that goes all the way around the pod, giving it a fringed look. The fruits hang from most of the length of the stem. The plants are native to the western United States, British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico.
==Species== Five species are accepted. Thysanocarpus conchuliferus – Santa Cruz Island fringepod Thysanocarpus curvipes – sand fringepod Thysanocarpus erectus Thysanocarpus laciniatus – mountain fringepod Thysanocarpus radians – ribbed fringepod