Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Arabidopsis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis lyrata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arabidopsis lyrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-001:
Arabis lyrata FAMILY Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis lyrata
COMMON NAME:
Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress
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_arly2_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aralyr
June Mackinac County MI
Big Knob State Forest Campground
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aralyr2
June Mackinac County MI
Big Knob State Forest Campground
4 white petals, 4 green sepals, several stamens, and a pistil with a short style, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aralyr3
June Mackinac County MI
Big Knob State Forest Campground
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aralyr4
June Mackinac County MI
Big Knob State Forest Campground
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aralyr5
June Mackinac County MI
Big Knob State Forest Campground
Each flower spans 1/4" across or a little more, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis lyrata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arabidopsis lyrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-001:
Arabis lyrata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis lyrata
3240
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rock crevices in or thin soil around calcareous or mafic rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (historically in GA, but not recently seen) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p084
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p109
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p058
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