Cardaria draba

A weedy annual often treated in Lepidium. It differs from the majority of Lepidium species in the area in having auriculate cauline leaves, and from all of them in having fruits that are not dorsally compressed at maturity.

Plant habit on the roadside in Taos, 10 May 2007. The plants were indeed tilted like this.

Flowers in Taos, 10 May 2007.

Closer view of flowers in Taos, 10 May 2007.

A cauline leaf in Taos, 10 May 2007.