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

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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).

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_virginicum_0007

March    Iredell County    NC

Petals 4, white, 2-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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