Scientific Name:	Sisymbrium linifolium (Nutt.) Nutt.
Scientific Name Synonyms:	Schoenocrambe linifolia
English Name:	plains mustard
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Classification Level:	Species
Taxonomy Comments:	"N. H. Holmgren (2005) recognized Sisymbrium linifolium in Schoenocrambe... even though the molecular evidence (S. I. Warwick et al. 2002) overwhelmingly shows that the latter is nested within Sisymbrium...." (FNA, Vol. 7).
Species Group:	Vascular Plant
Species Code:	SISYLIN
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Capparales Brassicaceae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	G5 (Jun 1993)
Provincial Status:	SU (Apr 2019)
BC List:	Unknown
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General Status Canada:	3 - Sensitive (2010)
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Global Habitat Comments:	Sagebrush plains and on dry pinyon-juniper hillsides of lower mountains, often on clay soil. Salt desert shrub, sagebrush, mountain brush, and aspen communities at 1155-2690 m.
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Endemic:	N
Global Range Comment:	BC to OR, MT, WY to NV, UT (most counties), NM. East of the Cascades.
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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Sisymbrium linifolium. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).