A member of the largely Mediterranean Resedaceae Family, found in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Known by names such as Desert Cambess and Lineleaf Whitepuff, this example is from Chihuahua State near Creel.
Limestone rock crevices on Cerro Gordo Peak, Inyo Mountains, California, July 7th 2011. This little-known plant in the Brassicaceae was originally placed in the genus Thelypodium, then in its is own genus, Caulstramina, but is now considered a member of the small genus Hesperidanthus. July 7th 2011, Image I11-8982. A Heuchera species (Saxifragaceae) is visible at the left of the image.
Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium.Norimbergae : Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750-1773..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/291505