Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific Name: Descurainia sophia
Common Name: Flixweed
Description | A large growing plant with highly dissected leaves. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Temperature | Will grow in the cold times as a winter annual. |
Flowers | small, yellow with 4 sepals, 4 petals and 6 stamens located at the tips of the branches. |
Fruit | seed pods are long and narrow, 20-40 seeds per pod, can produce up to 75,000 seeds per plant |
Leaves | alternated, highly dissected and divided 2-3 times pinnately compound, covered with star shaped hairs giving them a grayish green color |
Dimensions | can reach over 3 feet tall |
Propagation | spreads by seeds |
Native Site | First observed in Canada in 1821 and America in 1910 |
Misc Facts | Can grow as an annual, biennial or winter annual. Sophia means skill or wisdom. |
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