Schoenocrambe

Description

This is a perennial herb with multiple erect stems growing 10 to 38 centimeters tall from a caudex. The leaves are oblong or oval in shape with smooth or slightly toothed edges, the blades measuring up to 5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of mustardlike flowers. Each flower has green or purple sepals and four white or pale purple petals with purple veining, each petal measuring about a centimeter long. The fruit is a curved silique roughly 2 to 5 centimeters long