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Thelypodium flexuosum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name nodding thelypody. It is native to the Great Basin and surrounding plateau habitat in the northwestern United States, from California and Nevada to Idaho. It grows in scrubby habitat among the shrubs of the sagebrush.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Plant communities

Sagebrush Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Pearly Marble

Euchloe hyantis

Becker's White

Pontia beckerii

Western White

Pontia occidentalis