Streptanthus
Streptanthus is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. There are 56 known species within the genus Streptanthus, distributed through the western and south-central United States and northern Mexico. The common names for this genus are twistflower and jewelflower. Twenty-four of the species and eleven lesser taxa occur in California, thirty-two of which are California endemics; seventeen of these California taxa are classified as rare plants.
Species and subspecies
56 species are accepted. The following are some of the species of the genus Streptanthus :- Streptanthus amplexicaulis
- Streptanthus anceps
- Streptanthus anomalus
- Streptanthus barbatus – Pacific jewelflower
- Streptanthus barbiger – Bearded jewelflower
- Streptanthus barnebyi
- Streptanthus batrachopus – Mt. Tamalpais jewelflower
- Streptanthus bernardinus – Laguna Mountain jewelflower
- Streptanthus brachiatus – Socrates Mine jewelflower
- Streptanthus bracteatus – Bracted twistflower
- Streptanthus breweri – Brewer's jewelflower
- Streptanthus californicus
- Streptanthus callistus – Mt. Hamilton jewelflower
- Streptanthus campestris – Southern jewelflower
- Streptanthus carinatus – Lyreleaf jewelflower
- Streptanthus cooperi
- Streptanthus cordatus – Heartleaf twistflower
- Streptanthus coulteri
- Streptanthus crassicaulis
- Streptanthus cutleri – Cutler's jewelflower
- Streptanthus diversifolius – Variableleaf jewelflower
- Streptanthus drepanoides – Sicklefruit jewelflower
- Streptanthus farnsworthianus – Farnsworth's jewelflower
- Streptanthus fenestratus – Tehipite Valley jewelflower
- Streptanthus flavescens
- Streptanthus glandulosus – Bristly jewelflower, common jewelflower
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. albidus – Metcalf Canyon jewelflower, endangered
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. arkii
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. glandulosus
- *Streptanthus glandulosus var. hoffmanii
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. josephinensis
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. niger – Tiburon jewelflower, endangered
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. pulchellus
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. raichei
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. secundus
- *Streptanthus glandulosus subsp. sonomensis
- Streptanthus glaucus
- Streptanthus gracilis – Alpine jewelflower
- Streptanthus hallii
- Streptanthus hammittii, Hammitt's clay-cress
- Streptanthus hesperidis
- Streptanthus heterophyllus
- Streptanthus hispidus – Mt. Diablo jewelflower
- Streptanthus howellii – Howell's jewelflower
- Streptanthus hyacinthoides – Sandhill twistflower
- Streptanthus inflatus
- Streptanthus insignis – Plumed jewelflower
- Streptanthus juneae
- Streptanthus lasiophyllus
- Streptanthus lemmonii
- Streptanthus longisiliquus – Longfruit jewelflower
- Streptanthus maculatus – Clasping jewelflower, type species,
- Streptanthus major
- Streptanthus medeirosii
- Streptanthus morrisonii – Morrison's jewelflower
- Streptanthus oblanceolatus
- Streptanthus oliganthus – Masonic Mountain jewelflower
- Streptanthus petiolaris
- Streptanthus pilosus
- Streptanthus platycarpus
- Streptanthus polygaloides – Milkwort jewelflower
- Streptanthus simulans
- Streptanthus squamiformis
- Streptanthus tortuosus – Mountain jewelflower, shieldplant
- Streptanthus vernalis – Early jewelflower
- ''Streptanthus vimineus''
Formerly placed here
- Streptanthella longirostris – longbeak streptanthella, streptanthella