Cusickiella

Cusickiella
Cusickiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cusickiella
Rollins
Species

2 - see text

Cusickiella is a small genus containing two species of plants in the mustard family.[1] These are mat-forming perennials with stumpy branches covered in rounded clusters of tiny thick leaves. Each cluster somewhat resembles a very tiny cabbage. Each small branch blooms in a white or yellowish flower in a base of triangular sepals which may be hairy. The fruit is a silique usually containing a single seed. Both species are native to the western United States. Cusickiella douglasii grows in the mountains from California to Washington, and Cusickiella quadricostata has a more limited distribution in eastern California and western Nevada.

References

  1. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi (2000), CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C, Volume 1, Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, CRC Press, ISBN 9780849326752, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC&pg=PA669&dq=Cusickiella++Brassicaceae&hl=en&ei=_sftS7vPMIbb-QbK4IzNCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Cusickiella%20%20Brassicaceae&f=false, retrieved 2010-05-14 

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