Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-003:
Arabis patens FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis patens
COMMON NAME:
Spreading Rockcress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arpa2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arabis patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-003:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis patens
114
Forb
Biennial/Rarely perennial
Habitat: Thin soils around calcareous or dolomitic outcrops, very rarely in nutrient-rich seepage from mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare and irregularly distributed
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Silique
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