Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Caulanthus hallii is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Hall's wild cabbage. It is native to southern California and northern Baja California. It is native to southern California and northern Baja California. It grows in the Colorado Desert (western Sonoran Desert), Mojave Desert sky islands, and the dry eastern Peninsular Ranges slopes. Caulanthus hallii is an annual herb producing a hollow stem fringed at the base with long, deeply cut leaves which are hairless or sometimes bristly. The greenish yellow flower has a coat of hairy sepals over narrow, pale petals. The fruit is a silique up to about 11 centimeters long.

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Yellow, Green

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Northern Juniper Woodland

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

Confirmed Likely

Desert Orangetip

Anthocharis cethura

Sara Orangetip

Anthocharis sara

Pearly Marble

Euchloe hyantis

Desert Marble

Euchloe lotta