Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mummenhoffia alliacea
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Read more about Garlic Pennycress at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi alliaceum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thlaspi alliaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thlaspi alliaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-003:
Thlaspi alliaceum FAMILY Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Garlic Pennycress, Roadside Pennycress
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mummenhoffia alliacea
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi alliaceum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thlaspi alliaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thlaspi alliaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-003:
Thlaspi alliaceum
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
3821
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA (spreading very aggressively along roadsides and into fields in some areas)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered toward the end of flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring
White
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Silicle
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