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Range: western Kansas to southern Utah; south through eastern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas to northern Mexico.

Range: southeastern Oregon to Southern California; east to western Texas, central Wyoming, and central Colorado.

When the 2 sides of the pod fall away, the silvery partition remains attached to the tip of the flower stalk. Range: northern California to eastern Washington, southern Idaho, and northern Nevada.

Range: British Columbia and Idaho; south to Southern California and New Mexico.

Range: Central Canada to Texas, most frequent east of the Rocky Mountains, but found sporadically to the cascades and Sierra Nevada.

This is one of many tufted species with yellow flowers, distinguished in part by technical characteristics of the hairs.

The bees have started to come to my tiny little flowers!

Habitat: dry open meadows and rock crevices high in the mountains. Range: central Colorado to Nevada; north to Alaska; east to the Atlantic coast.

Habitat: open sandy soil in dry grasslands and deserts. Range: western Oklahoma and western Texas to southern Utah, western Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Habitat: sandy or gravelly soils on dry open slopes in brush or deserts. Range: Southern California and southwestern Nevada.

Habitat: roadsides, fields, and old lots. This plant's range is throughout the world.

Habitat: along mountain stream banks and alpine meadows. Range: British Columbia; south to northern California; east to New Mexico, Wyoming, and and Idaho.

Occasionally the seeds of this plant are used for mustard, but regular table mustard comes (mostly) from Black Mustard (B. nigra)
Habitat: fields, roadsides, and old lots.

Habitat: open places, commonly in grass. Range: south-central Washington to northern Baja California.

Habitat: stream banks, seeps, and wet meadows.

Habitat: open places in sagebrush, juniper, or pine. Range: northeastern California to western Colorado; north to western Canada.

Habitat: dry open plains and foothills. Range: British Columbia, western Montana, Utah, and Arizona; east across Canada to Ontario; south to Illinois and Texas.

Habitat: open alkaline or saline soil, often in sand or clay, common in beds of dried ponds. Range: western United States; east to the Great Plains and across southern United States; Mexico, South America.

Habitat: dunes and other sandy places in deserts and arid grasslands. Range: southeastern California to southern Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and western Texas; south to northern Mexico.

Habitat: dry shaded places in woods. Range: southern California to western Washington.