Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Purple Rocket somewhat resembles Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) in overall appearance, but differs in petal length, silique length, and lower stem pubescence. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
(?) Basionym
Hesperis pinnatifida
COMMON NAME:
Purple Rocket
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_iopi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_iopi_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
(?)
Basionym
Hesperis pinnatifida
4669
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests of bottomlands and lower slopes, bottomland fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native: northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purple, pink, or white
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Summer?
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p091
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p118
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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