This unusual looking plant with the clasping leaves is in the Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) and is called clasping pepperweed or clasping peppergrass (Lepidium perfoliatum). Unfortunately it's nonnative.
Although most of the leaves on the stem are clasping, the basal leaves and lower stem leaves may be divided. The tiny flowers are yellow.
For more information about clasping pepperweed, click here.
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Thanks for posting these plants, espicially these from May 2010. They just helped me indentify several wildflowers in the north central Nevada area.
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