OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Arabidopsis thaliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Arabidopsis thaliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-15-001:

Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Arabidopsis thaliana

 

COMMON NAME:
Mouse-ear Cress


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image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arth_001_lvd

        

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

JK Marlow    jkm160311_147

March    Greenville County    SC

Stems usually range from 5-30cm tall, per Flora of North America.

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

JK Marlow    jkm160311_149

March    Greenville County    SC

Fruit terete; petals 2-4mm long, entire, per Weakley's Flora (2018).

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_a_thaliana_0084

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_a_thaliana_0087

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_a_thaliana_0088

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

JK Marlow    jkm150407_111

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Silique 1-1.5cm long, 0.8-1mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

JK Marlow    jkm150407_111115

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse-ear Cress

JK Marlow    jkm150407_114

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves mostly basal, spatulate, hairy, < 2" long, the few stem lvs smaller, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arabidopsis thaliana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-15-001:
Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3236

Forb
Winter annual

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

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens slightly tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

 

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