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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Spreading Rockcress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-003:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis patens
COMMON NAME:
Spreading Rockcress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arpa2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-003:
Arabis patens
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis patens
114
Forb
Biennial/Rarely perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare and irregularly distributed
Habitat: Thin soils around calcareous or dolomitic outcrops, very rarely in nutrient-rich seepage from mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Summer
Silique
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