Descurainia bourgaeana

Descurainia bourgaeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Descurainia
Species:	D. bourgaeana
Binomial name
	Descurainia bourgaeana; (Gray) O.E.Schulz

Descurainia bourgaeana (hierba pajonera or flixweed) is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family endemic to La Palma and Las Cañadas del Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Descurainia bourgaeana grows as shrubby clumps about 1 metre in height with yellow flowers.

References

Barbara E. Goodson, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Robert K. Jansen, Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications, Taxon 55 (3), August 2006: 671–682
Flora of the Mt. Teide National Park
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