Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Planodes virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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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) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Planodes virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Planodes virginicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sibara 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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Planodes virginicum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibara virginica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Planodes virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Planodes virginicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sibara 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
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately dissected
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p020
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p059
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p120
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