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Common Name:
Short-fruited Draba
Petals may be yellow or white and are rounded or notched at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Common Name:
Whitlow-grass
Common Name:
Field Penny-cress, Frenchweed
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Common Name:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass
Petals white, entire, less than 1mm long, sometimes absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lepidium didymum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Carara didyma
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Common Name:
Common Shepherd's Purse
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Capsella rubella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Bursa bursa-pastoris
Better known by its obcordate-triangular seed pods than its minute flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Southeastern Sea Rocket
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cakile edentula ssp. harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cakile harperi
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Common Name:
Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum
Flowers distinctive: yellowish petals veined with lilac, turning white w age, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Dog Mustard, Rocket-weed, French Rocket
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Brassica erucastrum
Sepals sparsely hispid apically; petals white to pale yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Rape, Canola, Rutabaga
The seeds of this species are the source of "canola" oil, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Brassica rapa
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Brassica campestris
Flowers overtopping or equaling buds when open, petals 6-11(-13)mm, per Flora of North America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Sinapis nigra
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Common Name:
Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Alliaria officinalis
Terminal tight clusters of small white flowers, opening progressing upward, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erysimum officinale
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Norta altissima
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Common Name:
Mouse-ear Cress
Petals white, 3-4mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Southeastern Tansy-mustard
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sophia pinnata
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Common Name:
Dame's Rocket
The fragrant flowers are borne in showy terminal racemes on stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
GREATER THAN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rorippa palustris var. palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Radicula palustris
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Common Name:
Watercress
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum
Flowers are about 0.2" wide and clustered at the stem tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Rorippa microphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Nasturtium officinale var. microphyllum
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Common Name:
Early Winter-cress, Creasy
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Barbarea verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Campe verna
Flowers are about 1/4" wide (vs. about 1/2" wide in Brassica), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Creasy
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Campe barbarea
GREATER THAN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Campe stricta
Four-petaled yellow flowers borne in a crowded terminal raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dentaria diphylla
Flower cluster terminal; dull white petals often turn pinkish with age, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Eastern Slender Toothwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dentaria heterophylla
Flower cluster terminal, the petals white to pinkish, 0.4"-0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Dissected Toothwort, Fineleaf Toothwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria multifida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Cardamine multifida
Four petals 0.5"-0.7" long, borne in terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Cutleaf Toothwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dentaria laciniata
Flower cluster is terminal; the petals are 0.5"-0.8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Bulbous Bittercress, Spring Cress
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Cardamine rhomboidea
4 petals about 0.5" long. Flowers on stalks ~0.4" long, in terminal raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Clematis-leaved Bittercress, Mountain Bittercress
Found at high elevations (1200m & above), per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Bittercress
Petal length 6-9mm (var. flagellifera) or 4-6mm (var. hugeri), per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Hairy Bittercress
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Pennsylvania Bittercress, Quaker Bittercress
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Sand Bittercress, Small-flowered Bittercress
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Cardamine parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cardamine arenicola
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Common Name:
Tennessee Gladecress, Least Glade-cress
Petals shallowly notched at the tip, white with a yellow base, very fragrant, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Common Name:
Michaux's Glade-cress
Resembles L. exigua var. exigua, but petals pure white, rounded not notched, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Common Name:
Sibara, Virginia-cress
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arabis virginica
Petals 4, white, 2-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arabis lyrata
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Flora of North America
Turritis glabra
Common Name:
Spreading Rockcress
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz,2003)
Boechera patens
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Common Name:
Common Smooth Rockcress
GREATER THAN (MISAPPLIED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Arabis laevigata var. burkii
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arabis laevigata
Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 3-5mm, per Flora of North America.
LESS THAN
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz,2003)
Boechera laevigata
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED IN PART)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arabis burkii
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Common Name:
Missouri Rockcress
Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 5-10mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Sicklepod, Canada Rockcress
Pedicels of flowers or fruits deflexed, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Carolina Warea, Carolina Pineland-cress
Flowers clustered in tight terminal racemes, the petals clawed, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Arugula, Garden Rocket, Rocket-salad, Salad-rocket
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eruca sativa
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Eruca eruca
Petals cream or yellow (w dark veins), broadly obovate, claw differentiated, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Annual Honesty, Money Plant, Silver-dollar Plant
Petals 4, usually purple or lavender, obovate, much longer than sepals, per Flora of North America.
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