List of Capers, Mignonette and Mustards of Montana
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Capparales
Capparales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. It was used in the Cronquist system for an order in subclass Dilleniidae and in the Kubitzki system, nowadays...
found in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Capers
Family: CapparaceaeCapparaceae
Capparaceae , commonly known as the Caper family, is a family of plants in order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, it contains 33 genera and about 700 species...
- Common ClammyweedPolanisia dodecandraPolanisia dodecandra is a species of flowering plant in the Cleome family, Cleomaceae, known by the common name redwhisker clammyweed, or simply clammyweed, although there are other Polanisia species called 'clammyweed'. It is an annual plant that is found in many types of habitat throughout much...
, Polanisia dodecandra - Rocky Mountain Beeplant, Cleome serrulata
- Yellow BeeplantCleome luteaCleome lutea is a species of cleome known by the common names yellow bee plant and yellow spiderflower. This annual wildflower is native to the western United States where it is most common in desert scrub and plateau habitats. It is a sprawling plant often exceeding a meter in height...
, Cleome lutea
Mustards
Family: BrassicaceaeBrassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
- African Adder's-mouthMalcolmia africanaMalcolmia africana is an annual plant from the Mediterranean Basin which has naturalized elsewhere, including much of western North America, and is invasive in Nevada and Utah....
, Malcolmia africana - Alaska Whitlow-grass, Draba stenoloba
- Alpine Smelowskia, Smelowskia calycina
- Alyssum, Alyssum parviflorum
- American Winter-cressBarbarea orthocerasBarbarea orthoceras is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name American yellowrocket. It is native to North America, including much of Canada and the western United States, as well as parts of Asia. It grows in moist areas such as meadows and riverbanks...
, Barbarea orthoceras - Austrian YellowcressRorippa austriacaRorippa austriaca is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Austrian fieldcress and Austrian yellowcress. It is native to parts of Europe and Asia, and it is known in North America as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It can grow in disturbed...
, Rorippa austriaca - Babyseed Pepperweed, Lepidium densiflorum var. pubecarpum
- Beautiful Bladderpod, Physaria pulchella
- Bitterroot Bladderpod, Physaria humilis
- Bitterroot Draba, Draba daviesiae
- Black MustardBrassica nigraBrassica nigra is an annual weedy plant cultivated for its seeds, which are commonly used as a spice.-Description:...
, Brassica nigra - Bog YellowcressRorippa palustrisRorippa palustris is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names bog yellowcress and marsh cress. It is native to many parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America, and it can be found in many other parts of the world as an introduced species and a common...
, Rorippa palustris - Bourgeau's Pepper-grass, Lepidium ramosissimum var. bourgeauanum
- Branched Pepper-grass, Lepidium ramosissimum
- Brewer's BittercressCardamine breweriCardamine breweri is a species of cardamine known by the common name Brewer's bittercress. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in coniferous forests, particularly in wet bog habitats....
, Cardamine breweri - Broad-leaf Pepper-grass, Lepidium latifolium
- Calder's Rockcress, Boechera calderi
- Carolina Whitlow-grass, Draba reptans
- Chinese MustardBrassica junceaBrassica juncea, also known as mustard greens, Indian mustard, Chinese mustard, and leaf mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Subvarieties include southern giant curled mustard, which resembles a headless cabbage such as kale, but with a distinct horseradish-mustard flavor...
, Brassica juncea - Clasping Pepper-grassLepidium perfoliatumLepidium perfoliatum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name clasping pepperweed. It is native to Europe and Asia and it can be found in other parts of the world as an introduced species....
, Lepidium perfoliatum - Cliff Toothwort, Cardamine rupicola
- Collins' Rockcress, Boechera collinsii
- Common Blue-mustardChorispora tenellaChorispora tenella is a species of plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including purple mustard, blue mustard, musk mustard, and crossflower. This mustard is native to Eurasia but is well-known in other parts of the world, particularly in temperate regions, as an introduced...
, Chorispora tenella - Common DogmustardErucastrum gallicumErucastrum gallicum is an annual or biennial plant in the mustard family known by the common name common dogmustard. It is a weedy plant with an erect upright habit or sometimes with ascending tops with bright yellow flowers. Plants bloom in late spring, as plants bloom the stems extend upward and...
, Erucastrum gallicum - Common Pepperweed, Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum
- Common Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
- Common TwinpodPhysaria didymocarpaPhysaria didymocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name common twinpod. It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and Alberta in Canada and the northwestern United States....
, Physaria didymocarpa - Corn MustardSinapis arvensisSinapis arvensis is an annual or winter annual plant of the genus Sinapis, belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It is commonly known as Field mustard, Wild mustard or charlock.-Etymology:...
, Sinapis arvensis - Creeping YellowcressRorippa sylvestrisRorippa sylvestris is an invasive species ) in the United States....
, Rorippa sylvestris - Curve-pod YellowcressRorippa curvisiliquaRorippa curvisiliqua is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name curvepod yellowcress. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Wyoming, where it can be found in various types of moist and wet habitat, including lakeshores and riverbanks,...
, Rorippa curvisiliqua - Curved Bladderpod, Physaria curvipes
- Daggett Rockcress, Boechera demissa
- Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis
- Dense-flower Pepper-grassLepidium densiflorumLepidium densiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names common pepperweed and prairie peppergrass. It is a common and widespread plant in North America, where it grows in many habitats across Canada and the United States...
, Lepidium densiflorum - Dense-leaf DrabaDraba densifoliaDraba densifolia is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known as the denseleaf draba. This small perennial is native to western North America, where it is found in mountain environments above 2000 meters from California to Alaska to Wyoming. The plant forms cushion-like mats of small...
, Draba densifolia - Desert AlyssumAlyssum desertorumAlyssum desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name desert madwort. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is found in parts of western North America as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. This is a hairy annual herb producing upright stems up...
, Alyssum desertorum - Desert Prince's-plumeStanleya pinnataStanleya pinnata, also known as Prince's Plume, is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name desert princesplume. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in many types of open habitat, including deserts, foothills, rocky cliffs, sagebrush, and...
, Stanleya pinnata - Desert Princesplume, Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata
- Divide Bladderpod, Physaria klausii
- Double Bladderpod, Physaria brassicoides
- Douglas Bladderpod, Physaria douglasii
- Dropseed Rockcress, Boechera pendulocarpa
- Drummond's RockcressBoechera strictaBoechera stricta is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Drummond's rockcress. It is native to much of North America, including most of Canada, and the western and northeastern United States. It can be found in many habitat types, including disturbed areas...
, Boechera stricta - Dyer's Woad, Isatis tinctoria
- Elegant RockcressBoechera sparsifloraBoechera sparsiflora is a species of rockcress known by the common names sicklepod rockcress and elegant rockcress. It is native to western North America from California to Utah to Yukon, where it can be found in a number of habitats. This is a coarsely hairy perennial herb growing one or more...
, Boechera sparsiflora - Elegant Rockcress, Boechera pauciflora
- Entireleaf ThelypodyThelypodium integrifoliumThelypodium integrifolium is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name entireleaved thelypody. It is native to much of the western United States, including the Great Basin and surrounding plateaus and deserts. It occurs in several types of habitat, often growing in...
, Thelypodium integrifolium - Fernald's Yellowcress, Rorippa palustris var. fernaldiana
- Few-seed Bitter-cressCardamine oligospermaCardamine oligosperma is a species of cardamine known by the common name little western bittercress. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitats.-Description:...
, Cardamine oligosperma - Few-seed Whitlow-grass, Draba oligosperma
- Few-seeded Bittercress, Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica
- Field MustardBrassica rapaBrassica rapa L. , commonly known as turnip, turnip rape, field mustard or turnip mustard is a plant widely cultivated as a leaf vegetable , a root vegetable , and an oilseed .In the 18th century the turnip and...
, Brassica rapa - Field PennycressThlaspi arvenseThlaspi arvense is a foetid Eurasian plant having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America. It is also related to the Lepidium species in the cabbage family.-Edible uses:...
, Thlaspi arvense - Field Pepper-grassLepidium campestreLepidium campestre is an annual plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family, native to Europe, but commonly found in North America as an invasive weed. The most notable characteristic of field pepperweed is the raceme of flowers which forks off of the stem...
, Lepidium campestre - Fremont County Twinpod, Physaria saximontana
- Garden Pepper-grass, Lepidium sativum
- Garden Radish, Raphanus sativus
- Geyer's Twinpod, Physaria geyeri
- Golden Draba, Draba aurea
- Golden Princesplume, Stanleya pinnata var. integrifolia
- Great Plains Bladderpod, Physaria arenosa
- Green Prince's plumeStanleya viridifloraStanleya viridiflora is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name green princesplume. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in sagebrush and plateau habitat, often on rocky calcareous, sandstone, clay, shale, or volcanic soils. It is a...
, Stanleya viridiflora - Hairy Pepperweed, Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens
- Hairy-pod Hedge-mustard, Sisymbrium officinale
- Hare's-ear MustardConringia orientalisConringia orientalis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name hare's ear mustard. It is native to Eurasia but it is known elsewhere as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed...
, Conringia orientalis - Herb Sophia, Descurainia sophia
- Hispid Yellowcress, Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida
- Hoary Draba, Draba cana
- Hoary False-alyssumBerteroa incanaBerteroa incana is a plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae.Berteroa incana grows from a deep taproot and is an annual, biennial or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant with alternate, simple gray-green leaves. The foliage is rough with star shaped hairs...
, Berteroa incana - HutchinsiaHornungia procumbensHornungia procumbens is a species of herb native to the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Common names include Oval Purse, Slenderweed and Prostrate Hutchinsia.-Description:It is an annual herb with white flowers...
, Hornungia procumbens - Hybrid Rockcress, Boechera divaricarpa
- Intermediate Pepperweed, Lepidium virginicum var. medium
- Keeled Bladderpod, Physaria carinata
- Lance-pod Whitlow-grass, Draba lonchocarpa
- Large-seed False-flaxCamelina sativaCamelina sativa, usually known in English as camelina, gold-of-pleasure, or false flax, also occasionally wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame, and Siberian oilseed, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae which includes mustard, cabbage, rapeseed, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels...
, Camelina sativa - Lemmon's Rockcress, Boechera lemmonii
- Lenspod Whitetop, Lepidium chalepense
- Lesica's Bladderpod, Physaria lesicii
- Little Western Bittercress, Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma
- Little-seed False FlaxCamelina microcarpaCamelina microcarpa is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including littlepod false flax and small seed false flax. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is common across the globe as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It is known as...
, Camelina microcarpa - Long-stalk Hoary-cress, Lepidium appelianum
- Low Braya, Braya humilis
- Lyall's Rockcress, Boechera lyallii
- Lyre-leaf Rockcress, Arabidopsis lyrata
- Macoun's Draba, Draba macounii
- Manybranched Pepperweed, Lepidium ramosissimum var. ramosissimum
- Miner's Pepperweed, Lepidium densiflorum var. ramosum
- Modoc County Yellowcress, Rorippa tenerrima
- Mountain Pennycress, Noccaea fendleri
- Mountain PeppergrassLepidium montanumLepidium montanum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name mountain pepperweed. It is native to western North America from Oregon to Montana to northern Mexico, where it can be found in a number of habitats, often on salty or gravelly soils...
, Lepidium montanum - Mountain TansymustardDescurainia incanaDescurainia incana is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name mountain tansymustard. It is native to much of North America, including most of Canada, the western United States, and Baja California. It is known from many types of habitat. It is a biennial herb...
, Descurainia incana - Mountain Tansymustard, Descurainia incana ssp. incana
- Mountain Tansymustard, Descurainia incana var. macrosperma
- Mountain Tansymustard, Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa
- Mountain-view Bladderpod, Physaria pycnantha
- Nelson's Tansymustard, Descurainia pinnata ssp. nelsonii
- Northwestern Thelypody, Thelypodium paniculatum
- Nuttall's Rockcress, Arabis nuttallii
- Onerow Watercress, Rorippa microphylla
- Pale AlyssumAlyssum alyssoidesAlyssum alyssoides is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including pale madwort and yellow alyssum...
, Alyssum alyssoides - Payson's Draba, Draba paysonii var. treleasii
- Payson's Whitlow-grass, Draba paysonii
- Payson's Whitlow-grass, Draba paysonii var. paysonii
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanicaCardamine pensylvanica is a species of cardamine known by the common name Pennsylvania bittercress. It is native to most of Canada and the United States from coast to coast. It is generally found in moist to wet areas, such as the mud on riverbanks...
, Cardamine pensylvanica - Persistent-sepal Yellow-cress, Rorippa calycina
- Pinnate TansymustardDescurainia pinnataDescurainia pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name western tansymustard. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and found in varied habitats. It is especially successful in deserts. It is a hardy plant which easily becomes weedy, and...
, Descurainia pinnata - Poor-man's Pepper-grassLepidium virginicumLepidium virginicum, also known as Virginia pepperweed or peppergrass, is an annual or biennial plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America...
, Lepidium virginicum - Porsild's Draba, Draba porsildii
- Prairie-rocket Wallflower, Erysimum asperum
- Puzzling Rockcress, Halimolobos perplexa
- Rocket-saladEruca vesicariaEruca vesicaria is a species of Eruca native to the western Mediterranean region, in Morocco, Algeria, and Spain. It is closely related to Eruca sativa; that species is included in E. vesicaria by some botanists either as a subspecies E. vesicaria subsp. sativa or not distinguished at all; E...
, Eruca vesicaria - Rocky Mountain Twinpod, Physaria saximontana var. dentata
- Rocky Mountain YellowcressRorippa curvipesRorippa curvipes is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name bluntleaf yellowcress. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to Mexico to the Mississippi River, where it can be found in various types of moist and wet habitat, including lakeshores...
, Rorippa curvipes - Round-fruited Draba, Draba globosa
- Salmon River Plains-mustard, Schoenocrambe linifolia
- Saltwater Cress, Eutrema salsugineum
- Sandweed, Athysanus pusillus
- Sapphire Rockcress, Boechera fecunda
- Scalepod, Idahoa scapigera
- Second Rockcress, Boechera retrofracta
- Sharpleaf Twinpod, Physaria acutifolia
- Sheep Mountain Bladderpod, Physaria eriocarpa
- Short-fruited Whitlow-grass, Draba brachycarpa
- Silver Bladderpod, Physaria ludoviciana
- Slender Thelypody, Thelypodium sagittatum
- Slender Whitlow-grassDraba albertinaDraba albertina is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known as slender draba or slender whitlow-grass. This plant is native to western North America, where it grows at high elevations from Arizona to Alaska and northern Canada. Like many species of Draba, it can grow in alpine and...
, Draba albertina - Small Tumble-mustardSisymbrium loeseliiSisymbrium loeselii is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including small tumbleweed mustard, tall hedge mustard, and false London rocket. It is native to Eurasia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and in some areas a common...
, Sisymbrium loeselii - Small-flower Prairie Wallflower, Erysimum inconspicuum
- Small-flowered Pennycress, Noccaea parviflora
- Small-leaf Rockcress, Boechera microphylla
- Snowbed Whitlow-grass, Draba crassifolia
- Spatula-leaf Bladderpod, Physaria spatulata
- Spreading WallflowerErysimum repandumErysimum repandum is a species of wallflower known by several common names, including spreading wallflower, bushy wallflower, and treacle mustard....
, Erysimum repandum - Spreading YellowcressRorippa sinuataRorippa sinuata is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name spreading yellowcress. It is native to North America, including most all of the western and central United States, where it grows in many types of moist and wet habitat, such as lakeshores and riverbanks,...
, Rorippa sinuata - Spring DrabaDraba vernaSpring draba may also go by the names shadflower, nailwort, vernal whitlow grass, early witlow grass or whitlow-grass. It is a tiny, tiny plant of sagebrush country, in the inland western U.S., most of Europe, including Britain, North Africa and temperate Asia...
, Draba verna - Stinking WallrocketDiplotaxis muralisDiplotaxis muralis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name annual wall-rocket. This plant is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is found throughout the temperate world, where it has naturalized. This is an erect mustardlike plant rarely reaching half a...
, Diplotaxis muralis - Streptanthella, Streptanthella longirostris
- Sweet AlyssumLobularia maritimaLobularia maritima, common name Sweet Alyssum or Sweet Alison, also commonly referred to as just Alyssum from the genus in which it was formerly classified, is a low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.-Etymology:...
, Lobularia maritima - Tall Tumble-mustardSisymbrium altissimumSisymbrium altissimum is a species of Sisymbrium. The plant is native to the western part of the Mediterranean Basin in Europe and Northern Africa and is widely naturalized throughout most of the world, including all of North America. It was probably introduced into North America by a contaminant...
, Sisymbrium altissimum - Tall Whitlow-grass, Draba praealta
- Thick-leaf Bladderpod, Physaria pachyphylla
- Thick-leaf Whitlow-grass, Draba crassa
- Tower-mustard, Turritis glabra
- Twiggy Halimolobos, Transberingia bursifolia ssp. virgata
- Wall-cressArabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant native to Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa. A spring annual with a relatively short life cycle, arabidopsis is popular as a model organism in plant biology and genetics...
, Arabidopsis thaliana - Watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
- Western Bog Yellowcress, Rorippa palustris ssp. occidentalis
- Western Hairy RockcressArabis hirsutaArabis hirsuta is a flowering plant of the genus Arabis in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia, and the northern half of North America.-External links:****...
, Arabis hirsuta - Western Tansymustard, Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa
- Western Tansymustard, Descurainia pinnata ssp. filipes
- Western Tansymustard, Descurainia pinnata ssp. intermedia
- Western WallflowerErysimum capitatumErysimum capitatum is a species of wallflower known commonly as the sanddune wallflower, western wallflower, or prairie rocket. It is a mustard-like plant with thin, erect stems growing from a basal rosette and topped with dense bunches of variably colored flowers...
, Erysimum capitatum - White Arctic DrabaDraba fladnizensisDraba fladnizensis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names arctic draba, Austrian draba, and white arctic whitlow-grass. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is present in Europe, Asia,...
, Draba fladnizensis - White Mustard, Sinapis alba
- Whitetop, Lepidium draba
- Wild Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum
- Wild Yellowcress, Rorippa truncata
- Wind River Draba, Draba ventosa
- Wind-river Rockcress, Boechera saximontana
- Wood Whitlow-grass, Draba nemorosa
- Woolly Prince's plume, Stanleya tomentosa
- Woolly Twinpod, Physaria didymocarpa var. lanata
- Wormseed WallflowerErysimum cheiranthoidesErysimum cheiranthoides is a species of Erysimum native to most of central and northern Europe and northern and central Asia....
, Erysimum cheiranthoides - Yellow RocketBarbarea vulgarisBarbarea vulgaris, also called as Bittercress, Herb Barbara, Rocketcress, Yellow Rocketcress, Winter Rocket, and Wound Rocket, is a biennial herb of the genus Barbarea, belonging to the family Brassicaceae....
, Barbarea vulgaris - Yellowcress, Rorippa alpina
- Yellowstone Whitlow-grass, Draba incerta