Bushy wallflower

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Bushy wallflower

Bushy wallflower fruit

Bushy wallflower flowers

Bushy wallflower

Bushy wallflower

Bushy wallflower leaves

Bushy wallflower

Morphology

Stem

Erect to ascending, often much branched, sparsely to densely pubescent.

Leaves

Alternate, simple, linear to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 to 3.5 inches long; margins usually unevenly toothed but sometimes entire; lower leaves on short stalks.

Inflorescence

Raceme-like; flowers on stout stalks, often at right angles to central stem.

Flower

Sepals 4, in 2 opposite pairs, densely covered with star-shaped hairs; petals 4, pale yellow, 1/4 to 2/5 inch long, clawed.

Fruit

Pods, linear, 2 to 5 inches long, nearly circular in cross-section, widely spreading, appear as continuation of flower stalk; seeds numerous, in 1 row.

Ecology

Habitat

Waste areas, prairies, cultivated fields, and roadsides.

Distribution

Throughout Kansas.