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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   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Planodes virginicum, Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress

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).

image of Planodes virginicum, Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress

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).

image of Planodes virginicum, Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress

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).

image of Planodes virginicum, Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1376

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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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

 

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