Thelypodium flexuosum

Thelypodium flexuosum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name nodding thelypody.^[1] It is native to the Great Basin and surrounding plateau habitat in the northwestern United States, from California and Nevada to Idaho.

Thelypodium flexuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Thelypodium
Species:	T. flexuosum
Binomial name
Thelypodium flexuosum B.L.Rob.

It grows in scrubby habitat among the shrubs of the sagebrush.

Thelypodium flexuosum is a perennial herb growing from a woody caudex covered with layers of the dried bases of previous seasons' leaves. It has a deep taproot. It produces slender, branching, bending or erect stems up to 60 or 80 centimeters in maximum height. The basal leaves have waxy, lance-shaped blades on long petioles. Leaves higher on the plant are shorter and have bases that clasp the stem. The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike raceme of mustardlike flowers with lavender or whitish petals. The fruit is a cylindrical silique up to 4 centimeters long with several seeds inside.