Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Spectacle Pod
spectacle pod in bloom Kane County, Utah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Dimorphocarpa
Species:	D. wislizeni
Binomial name
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins
Synonyms
Dithyrea griffithsii Woot. & Standl. Dithyrea wislizeni Engelm. Dithyrea wislizeni var. griffithsii (Woot. & Standl.) Payson

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni, commonly known as Spectacle Pod, Wislizeni's Spectaclepod, or Tourist Plant, is a flowering plant, a member of the mustard family, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

The plant has grey to grey-green leaves with small lobes along their length and a strong center vein. It has flower stalks that are topped with white four petaled flowers. Its fruiting pods each contain two flat seeds.

External links

• Photograph of Spectacle Pod in bloom, CalPhotos, a project of the Biodiversity Sciences Technology group (BSCIT), University of California, Berkeley
• PLANTS (USDA) Profile "Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins - touristplant"
• Encyclopedia of Life, "Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins"
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) "Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins"
• Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) Taxon: Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) "Dimorphocarpa wislizenii"