NameThatPlant.net: Iodanthus pinnatifidus

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iodanthus pinnatifidus FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

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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image of Iodanthus pinnatifidus, Purple Rocket

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_iopi_001_lvd

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

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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

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