Lesser Shepherdscress

This uncommon non-native herbaceous annual was found growing in open, flat and disturbed area in a CNPS preserve in the Rincon Ridge hills northeast of Santa Rosa. The plant was verified by Santa Rosa Junior College botany professor Steve Barnhart. Further, the photographer visited the Piner/Fulton site where Quibell observed this plant growing and this further confirmed the plant to be Teesdalia coronopifolia.

This uncommon non-native herbaceous annual was found growing in open, flat and disturbed area in a CNPS preserve in the Rincon Ridge hills northeast of Santa Rosa. The plant was verified by Santa Rosa Junior College botany professor Steve Barnhart. Further, the photographer visited the Piner/Fulton site where Quibell observed this plant growing and this further confirmed the plant to be Teesdalia coronopifolia.

This uncommon non-native herbaceous annual was found growing in open, flat and disturbed area in a CNPS preserve in the Rincon Ridge hills northeast of Santa Rosa. The plant was verified by Santa Rosa Junior College botany professor Steve Barnhart. Further, the photographer visited the Piner/Fulton site where Quibell observed this plant growing and this further confirmed the plant to be Teesdalia coronopifolia.

Teesdalia coronopifolia is a tiny winter-blooming annual. Most flowers are self-pollinated and fruit rapidly. In Israel it is a rare plant of the northern tip of the country.

Teesdalia coronopifolia is a tiny winter-blooming annual. Most flowers are self-pollinated and fruit rapidly. In Israel it is a rare plant of the northern tip of the country.