Pronunciation: des-kur-AY-nee-a pin-AY-ta
Common name: Tansy mustard
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Dry sandy often waste places below 8000',
washes, saline soils, many plant communities from the
coast to the desert
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Descurainia
2) pinnata