Hall's wild cabbage facts for kids

Caulanthus hallii, also known as Hall's wild cabbage, is a special kind of flowering plant. It belongs to the Brassicaceae family, which also includes plants like broccoli and cabbage! This plant is quite unique and grows in some very dry places.

Where It Grows

Hall's wild cabbage is a plant that loves the desert. It is originally from southern California and the northern part of Baja California in Mexico.

You can find it growing in different desert areas. These include the Colorado Desert, which is part of the larger Sonoran Desert. It also lives in the Mojave Desert and on the dry, eastern slopes of the Peninsular Ranges. These are all places with very little rain.

What It Looks Like

Caulanthus hallii is an annual plant. This means it completes its whole life cycle, from seed to flower to new seeds, in just one year. It is also a herb, which means it has soft, green stems instead of woody ones like trees.

This plant grows a hollow stem. At the bottom of the stem, you'll see long leaves that are deeply cut, almost like they have fringes. These leaves can be smooth or a bit bristly.

The flowers of Hall's wild cabbage are greenish-yellow. They have outer leaf-like parts called sepals, which are often hairy. Inside, there are narrow, pale petals. After the flower blooms, it produces a fruit called a silique. This fruit is long and thin, growing up to about 11 centimeters (about 4 inches) in length.