Thysanocarpus

Thysanocarpus is a small genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae known generally as fringepods[1] or lacepods. These are small, erect annual herbs. The flat fruit capsule is generally round or oval-shaped with a wing that goes all the way around the pod, giving it a fringed look. The fruits hang from most of the length of the stem. The plants are native to the western United States.

Thysanocarpus
Thysanocarpus laciniatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Thysanocarpus
Hook.
Species

~5, See text

Selected species:

References

  1. "Thysanocarpus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.


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