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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):
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Arabidopsis lyrata

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

Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-001:

Arabis lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arabis lyrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress


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image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arly2_001_lvd

        

image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Jeff Ausmus    jma_aralyr

June    Mackinac County    MI

Big Knob State Forest Campground

image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Jeff Ausmus    jma_aralyr2

June    Mackinac County    MI

Big Knob State Forest Campground

4 white petals, 4 green sepals, several stamens, and a pistil with a short style, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Jeff Ausmus    jma_aralyr3

June    Mackinac County    MI

Big Knob State Forest Campground

image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Jeff Ausmus    jma_aralyr4

June    Mackinac County    MI

Big Knob State Forest Campground

image of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Jeff Ausmus    jma_aralyr5

June    Mackinac County    MI

Big Knob State Forest Campground

Each flower spans 1/4" across or a little more, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arabis lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-25-001:
Arabis lyrata   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arabis lyrata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3240

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rock crevices in or thin soil around calcareous or mafic rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (historically in GA, but not recently seen) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silique

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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