Fringepods

Description

Thysanocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the Brassicaceae family. It comprises 22described species and of these, only 2 accepted. Thysanocarpus is a small genus of plants in the mustard family known generally as fringepods or lacepods. These are small, erect annual herbs. The flat fruit capsule is generally round or oval-shaped with a wing that goes all the way around the pod, giving it a fringed look. The fruits hang from most of the length of the stem. The plants are native to the western United States. These are small annual herbaceous plants . The fruit is a generally round or oval flat capsule, winged around the pod . The fruits hang for most of the length of the stem. They are native to the western United States .