Caulanthus inflatus
Caulanthus inflatus, the desert candle, also referred to as squaw cabbage, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, and the southern Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges in the United States. It is found at elevations between.
Description
Caulanthus inflatus is an annual plant growing up to in height, with a thick, swollen, hollow stem that is "conspicuously inflated" with an unspecified gas, and looks like a yellow candle. The basal leaves are long, smaller higher up the stem. The flowers are small, with four reddish-purple petals. and six stamens.