Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Dame's Rocket at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hesperis matronalis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hesperis matronalis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-17-001:
Hesperis matronalis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dame's Rocket
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_matronalis
April
The fragrant flowers are borne in showy terminal racemes on stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
Dame's Rocket and Fireweed
JK Marlow jkm0405e_20
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Cultivated and escaped, now invading natural areas in northern states, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.