Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Planodes virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Not overly well known to biologists, but quite different from just about any other species. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibara virginica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Planodes virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-24-001:
Sibara virginica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis virginica
COMMON NAME:
Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arvi10_001_lvd
A native weed, presumably much more common now than formerly, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_virginicum_0007
March Iredell County NC
Petals 4, white, 2-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_virginicum_0010
March Iredell County NC
Basal lvs pinnately dissected w 5-15 pr of lateral divisions; stem lvs similar, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_planodes_virginicum_1
April Iredell County NC
Siliques flat and narrow but up to 1" long (fairly long for the short size of the plant), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Planodes virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibara virginica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Planodes virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-24-001:
Sibara virginica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis virginica
1376
Forb
Winter annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it in disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately dissected
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p020
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p059
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p120