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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boechera laevigata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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