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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Borodinia canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Borodinia canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Boechera canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)

Boechera canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-005:

Arabis canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arabis canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arca_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm200425_4151

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm200425_4153

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Stems essentially glabrous, hirsute toward the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200425_4156

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0421

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0424

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0433

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Its cauline leaves only slightly toothed and usually not clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0434

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Pedicels of flowers or fruits deflexed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3190

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm230509_3192

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Median leaves prominently auriculate-clasping, lower and upper only slightly or not auriculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm230509_3197

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Basal leaves usually absent at flowering, oblanceolate, pinnately dissected or lobed, hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3199

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1433

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1437

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_arabis_canadensis_2b

June        

Sepals form a round cup at flower base. Petals spreading & about 1.5x longer, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

image of Borodinia canadensis, Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod

JK Marlow    jkm231109_6764

November    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Silique 2-3mm broad, 4-7cm long, conspicuously arcuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Borodinia canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Borodinia canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Boechera canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Al-Shehbaz, 2003)
Boechera canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-005:
Arabis canadensis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis canadensis

 

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2668

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Thin soils around rock outcrops, especially mafic or calcareous, and in dry to mesic, nutrient-rich, often rocky woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)
Upper stem leaves sessile, middle auriculate-clasping, lower sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme of 15-65(82) flowers, sometimes branched (thus a panicle?

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

 

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