Caulanthus inflatus
Caulanthus inflatus, the desert candle, also referred to as squaw cabbage, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, and the southern Sierra [Nevada |Sierra Nevada] and Transverse Ranges in the United States. It is found at elevations between.Description
Caulanthus inflatus is an annual plant growing up to in height, with a thick, swollen, hollow stem that is "conspicuously inflated" with an unspecified gas, and looks like a yellow candle. The basal leaves are long, smaller higher up the stem. The flowers are small, with four reddish-purple petals. and six stamens.