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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Borodinia laevigata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Borodinia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Boechera laevigata
INCLUDED WITHIN Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arabis laevigata var. 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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JK Marlow jkm090321_020
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Plant glabrous, often glaucous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_026
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves auriculate-sagittate, sometimes clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_030
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_031
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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JK Marlow jkm090321_089
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_091
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090412_053
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150424_650
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm090711_066
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Borodinia laevigata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Borodinia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Boechera laevigata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arabis laevigata var. 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
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Forb
Biennial/Rarely perennial
Habitat: Rocky woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, especially mafic or calcareous, but also on more acidic substrates, rarely also in bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Stem leaves auriculate-clasping
FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme of 16-45 flowers, sometimes branched (thus a panicle?)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p136
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p24
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p047
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p101
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p084?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p109?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p059
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