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):
Mummenhoffia alliacea   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi alliaceum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Thlaspi alliaceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Thlaspi alliaceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-003:

Thlaspi alliaceum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Garlic Pennycress, Roadside Pennycress


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thlaspi alliaceum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thlaspi alliaceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-02-003:
Thlaspi alliaceum   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3821

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC, rare in GA (spreading very aggressively along roadsides and into fields in some areas)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered toward the end of flowering)

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

FRUIT:
Spring
Silicle

 

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