White Princesplume

Description

Stanleya albescens is a species of Magnoliopsida described by Marcus Eugene Jones. Stanleya albescens belongs to the genus Stanleya, and the family Brassicaceae. None of these subspecies are listed. Stanleya is a genus of six species of plants in the family Brassicaceae known commonly as prince's plumes. These are herbs or erect shrubs which bear dense, plumelike inflorescences of white to bright yellow flowers with long stamens. Stanleya species are native to the western United States. These plants are toxic because they concentrate selenium from the soil in their tissues.