tansymustard

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tansymustard

Descurainia pinnata

Weed Characteristics

Other Names: green tansymustard, western tansymustard, pinnate tansymustard, pinnate tansy mustard

Leaf Type: Broadleaf

Flowers: Yellow

Leaves: Pointed leaves with feathery, smooth and divided edges; some hair

Life Cycle: Annual or biennial

A weedy annual native in the mustard family with alternate finely dissected gray-green leaves along the stem and an upright, branching habit. Bright yellow flower clusters start at the ends of branching stems. Flowers become slender seedpods. Grows 1 to 3 ft. tall. One of the earliest weeds to bloom.