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Caulanthus simulans is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Payson's wild cabbage and Payson's jewelflower. It is endemic to southern California, where it is known mainly from open, dry habitat in the hills and deserts of Riverside and San Diego Counties. It is a bristly annual herb with deeply cut leaves, the longest arranged in cluster around the base of the stem. The flower is covered in thick, purple-tinted greenish sepals which split to reveal narrow, pale yellow petals at the tip. The fruit is a silique up to 8 centimeters long.
Annual herb
Yellow, Green, Purple
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 8 likely
Desert Orangetip
Anthocharis cethura
Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
Large Marble
Euchloe ausonides
Pearly Marble
Euchloe hyantis