Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is a similar species to the equally widespread B. canadensis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boechera laevigata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Borodinia laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera laevigata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-004a:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Arabis laevigata var. burkii

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED IN PART) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis burkii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis laevigata

COMMON NAME:
Common Smooth Rockcress

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Plant glabrous, often glaucous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Stem leaves auriculate-sagittate, sometimes clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Four sepals, slightly shorter than the petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 3-5mm, per Flora of North America.

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves of the basal rosette serrate to dentate, 3-8cm x 1-3cm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Fruiting pedicels ascending not appressed; silique 1.2-2mm x 7-10cm, arcuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Of our Borodinia, this is the most common, being the least limited to calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Borodinia laevigata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boechera laevigata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Borodinia laevigata

INCLUDED WITHIN Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera laevigata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-004a:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Arabis laevigata var. burkii

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED IN PART) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis burkii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis laevigata