Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Missouri Rockcress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Boechera missouriensis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis missouriensis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-004c:
Arabis laevigata var. missouriensis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Missouri Rockcress
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Keith Bradley kab_b_missouriensis_3739
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 5-10mm, per Flora of North America.
Keith Bradley kab_b_missouriensis_3757
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Lower stem leaves lobed or dissected, basal deeply pinnately dissected, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200425_4248
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stems leafy, leaves strongly overlapping, usually erect or nearly appressed, per www.missouriplants.com.
JK Marlow jkm200425_4248b
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stem and leaves glabrous. Stem leaves more than 4x long as wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200425_4253
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
A dense basal rosette of leaves is usually present at flowering time, per www.missouriplants.com.