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Your search found 65 taxa in the family Brassicaceae, Mustard family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Rocktwist, Branched Draba, Appalachian Draba
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Draba ramosissima FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba ramosissima FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba ramosissima 088-01-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: In crevices of rock outcrops, or in dry talus slopes, over a variety of rock types (including limestone, dolostone, schist, gneiss, shale)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sweet Alyssum, Seet Alison
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lobularia maritima FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lobularia maritima FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Abdra brachycarpa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba brachycarpa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba brachycarpa 088-01-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, open places (fields, roadsides, woodland margins, disturbed areas)
Uncommon in Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Flatrock Draba, Open-ground Whitlow-grass, Granite Whitlow-wort, Sun-loving Draba
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Abdra aprica FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba aprica FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba aprica 088-01-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Shallow soils around and under Juniperus virginiana on granitic flatrocks and amphibolite outcrops, {habitats in the Interior Highlands}
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whitlow-grass, Spring Draba
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Draba verna FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba verna FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba verna 088-01-006 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially in dry, barren soils, including granitic flatrocks
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Perfoliate Pennycress, Thoroughwort Pennycress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Noccaea perfoliata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Microthlaspi perfoliatum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi perfoliatum 088-02-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Field Pennycress, Frenchweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Thlaspi arvense FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thlaspi arvense FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi arvense 088-02-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Garlic Pennycress, Roadside Pennycress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mummenhoffia alliacea FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thlaspi alliaceum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi alliaceum 088-02-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA (spreading very aggressively along roadsides and into fields in some areas)
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Shepherd's Cress, Hedge Mustard, Bank Cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Teesdalia nudicaulis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Teesdalia nudicaulis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Teesdalia nudicaulis 088-03-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed longleaf pine sandhills, other disturbed areas
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Cow Cress, Field Pepperwort, Field Cress, Field Pepperweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium campestre FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium campestre FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lepidium campestre 088-04-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lepidium virginicum 088-04-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Broadleaf Pepper-grass, Dittander
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium latifolium FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium latifolium FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa, western Asia
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Common Name: Wart-cress, Lesser Swine-cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium didymum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coronopus didymus FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coronopus didymus 088-05-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Common Shepherd's Purse
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Capsella bursa-pastoris FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Capsella bursa-pastoris FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Capsella bursa-pastoris 088-06-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Southeastern Sea Rocket, Harper's Searocket
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cakile harperi FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cakile edentula ssp. harperi FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cakile harperi 088-08-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Beaches, at or near the wrack line
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Raphanus raphanistrum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Raphanus raphanistrum 088-10-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Common Name: Wallflower-cabbage, Coincya, Star-mustard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coincya monensis ssp. recurvata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coincya monensis ssp. recurvata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) (MISIDENTIFIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica erucastrum 088-11-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Roadsides
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Common Dog-mustard, Rocket-weed, French Rocket
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erucastrum gallicum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erucastrum gallicum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Mustard Greens, Indian Mustard, Brown Mustard, Chinese Mustard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica juncea FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica juncea FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica juncea 088-11-004 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Uncommon in SC, uncommon in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA & NC)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Rapeseed, Canola, Rutabaga
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica napus FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica napus FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica napus 088-11-005 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica rapa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Brassica rapa var. rapa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica napus 088-11-005? FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Black Mustard, Charlock
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhamphospermum nigrum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica nigra FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Alliaria petiolata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Alliaria petiolata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Alliaria petiolata 088-13-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Moist forests in bottomlands and on slopes
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Hedge Mustard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisymbrium officinale FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisymbrium officinale FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale 088-14-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, barnyards, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Tumble Mustard, Jim Hill Mustard, Tall Hedge-mustard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisymbrium altissimum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Sisymbrium altissimum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisymbrium altissimum 088-14-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Rare or waifs
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Mouse-ear Cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arabidopsis thaliana FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabidopsis thaliana FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabidopsis thaliana 088-15-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, lawns
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Southeastern Tansy-mustard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Descurainia pinnata 088-16-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Open sandy areas, especially roadsides
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dame's Rocket
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hesperis matronalis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hesperis matronalis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hesperis matronalis 088-17-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, roadsides, moist forests
Common in NC Mountains, rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Purple Rocket
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iodanthus pinnatifidus FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iodanthus pinnatifidus FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rich forests of bottomlands and lower slopes, bottomland fields
Native: northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Wormseed Mustard, Wormseed Wallflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erysimum cheiranthoides FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erysimum cheiranthoides FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erysimum cheiranthoides 088-18-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, gardens, roadsides, along railroads, other disturbed areas
Rare or waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Bog Yellowcress, Marshcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rorippa palustris ssp. palustris FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Rorippa palustris ssp. fernaldiana FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rorippa islandica 088-19-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, seeps
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Austrian Yellowcress, Yellow Cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rorippa austriaca FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rorippa austriaca FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Hay meadows, other disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Watercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nasturtium officinale FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Nasturtium officinale FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nasturtium officinale 088-20-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Streams, springs, seepages
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Narrow-fruited Watercress, One-row Yellowcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nasturtium microphyllum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nasturtium microphyllum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nasturtium officinale 088-20-001? FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Streams, springs
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Early Winter-cress, Creasy
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Barbarea verna FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Barbarea verna FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Barbarea verna 088-22-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Yellow Rocket-cress, Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Creasy
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Barbarea vulgaris FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Barbarea vulgaris FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata 088-22-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Common in Mountains, common in NC (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine diphylla FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine diphylla FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine diphylla 088-23-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Slender Toothwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine angustata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine angustata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine angustata var. angustata 088-23-002a FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests
Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dissected Toothwort, Fineleaf Toothwort, Forkleaf Toothwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine dissecta FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cardamine dissecta FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine angustata var. multifida 088-23-002b FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cutleaf Toothwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine concatenata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine concatenata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine concatenata 088-23-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bulbous Bittercress, Spring Cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine bulbosa 088-23-004 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Swampy forests and bogs, primarily (but not strictly) in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Purple Cress, Pink Spring-cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine douglassii FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine douglassii FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine douglassii 088-23-005 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name: Mountain Watercress, American Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine rotundifolia 088-23-006 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Seeps, streambanks, swampy depressions, sand and gravel bars in creeks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine clematitis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine clematitis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine clematitis 088-23-007 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Shaded brookbanks, rock outcrops with seepage, at high elevations (1200m and above)
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine flagellifera + FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine flagellifera + FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine clematitis 088-23-007? FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Look for it in seepages, on streambanks, & in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations
Rare or uncommon, depending on variety
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine hirsuta FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine hirsuta FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine hirsuta 088-23-008 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, including fields and gardens
Common
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Woodland Bittercress, Hidden Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine occulta FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cardamine flexuosa FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine flexuosa 088-23-009 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Pennsylvania Bittercress, Quaker Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine pensylvanica FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine pensylvanica FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine pensylvanica 088-23-010 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Various wet habitats, especially swampy depressions, streambanks, small woodland seeps
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Streambank Bittercress, Small-anthered Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine micranthera FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine micranthera FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine micranthera 088-23-011 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Sand and gravel bars in creeks, swampy floodplain woods, seepage over rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sand Bittercress, Small-flowered Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola 088-23-012 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand, also on mafic outcrop glades, as on greenstone, diabase, and nutrient-rich granites
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Narrowleaf Bittercress, Bushy Bittercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine impatiens FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine impatiens FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Alluvial floodplains (in NC, VA, and WV, notably in the New River drainage)
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Tennessee Gladecress, Least Glade-cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Michaux's Glade-cress
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leavenworthia uniflora FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Leavenworthia uniflora FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby (fields)
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Planodes virginicum FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sibara virginica FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sibara virginica 088-24-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arabis lyrata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis lyrata 088-25-001 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rock crevices in or thin soil around calcareous or mafic rock outcrops
Uncommon in NC Mountains (historically in GA, but not recently seen) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Tower Mustard, Towercress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Turritis glabra FAMILY: Brassicaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Arabis glabra FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis glabra 088-25-002 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Prairies, calcareous forests and woodlands, open disturbed areas, forest edges
Rare
Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced
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Common Name:
Spreading Rockcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arabis patens FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis patens FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis patens 088-25-003 FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Thin soils around calcareous or dolomitic outcrops, very rarely in nutrient-rich seepage from mafic rocks
Rare and irregularly distributed
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Smooth Rockcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia laevigata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis laevigata var. laevigata FAMILY: Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis laevigata var. laevigata 088-25-004a FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Rocky woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, especially mafic or calcareous, but also on more acidic substrates, rarely also in bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Burk's Smooth Rockcress, Porter's Rockcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia burkii FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis laevigata var. burkii FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Limestone barrens, shale barrens, and other dry, rocky habitats
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Missouri Rockcress
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia missouriensis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis missouriensis FAMILY: Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis laevigata var. missouriensis 088-25-004c FAMILY: Brassicaceae
Habitat: Thin soil around outcrops of metamudstone, diabase, or granite (generally on ultramafic, mafic, or 'rich granitic' substrates)
Rare, with an odd and fragmented distribution
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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