- Malcolmia africana
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Malcolmia africana individual near Lake Mead, southern Nevada Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Malcolmia Species: M. africana Binomial name Malcolmia africana
(L.) R. Br.Malcolmia africana (African mustard) 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.
It is an annual herb growing in a prostrate patch or clump with stiff, furry stems up to half a meter long. The mustardlike flowers are pink to lavender and yield siliques up to 6 centimeters long.
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