OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 65 taxa in the family Brassicaceae, Mustard family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

                   

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camera icon Common Name: Rocktwist, Branched Draba, Appalachian Draba

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Draba ramosissima   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba ramosissima   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba ramosissima 088-01-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: In crevices of rock outcrops, or in dry talus slopes, over a variety of rock types (including limestone, dolostone, schist, gneiss, shale)

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sweet Alyssum, Seet Alison

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lobularia maritima   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lobularia maritima   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Shortpod Draba, Short-fruited Draba

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Abdra brachycarpa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba brachycarpa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba brachycarpa 088-01-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, open places (fields, roadsides, woodland margins, disturbed areas)

Uncommon in Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Flatrock Draba, Open-ground Whitlow-grass, Granite Whitlow-wort, Sun-loving Draba

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Abdra aprica   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba aprica   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba aprica 088-01-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Shallow soils around and under Juniperus virginiana on granitic flatrocks and amphibolite outcrops, {habitats in the Interior Highlands}

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Whitlow-grass, Spring Draba

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Draba verna   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Draba verna   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Draba verna 088-01-006   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially in dry, barren soils, including granitic flatrocks

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in SC Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Perfoliate Pennycress, Thoroughwort Pennycress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Noccaea perfoliata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Microthlaspi perfoliatum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi perfoliatum 088-02-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Field Pennycress, Frenchweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thlaspi arvense   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi arvense 088-02-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Garlic Pennycress, Roadside Pennycress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mummenhoffia alliacea   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thlaspi alliaceum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thlaspi alliaceum 088-02-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides

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

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Shepherd's Cress, Hedge Mustard, Bank Cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Teesdalia nudicaulis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Teesdalia nudicaulis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Teesdalia nudicaulis 088-03-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed longleaf pine sandhills, other disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Cow Cress, Field Pepperwort, Field Cress, Field Pepperweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium campestre   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium campestre   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lepidium campestre 088-04-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lepidium virginicum 088-04-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Broadleaf Pepper-grass, Dittander

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium latifolium   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lepidium latifolium   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa, western Asia

 


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Common Name: Wart-cress, Lesser Swine-cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lepidium didymum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coronopus didymus   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coronopus didymus 088-05-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

Non-native: South America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Shepherd's Purse

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Capsella bursa-pastoris   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Capsella bursa-pastoris   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Capsella bursa-pastoris 088-06-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southeastern Sea Rocket, Harper's Searocket

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cakile harperi   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cakile edentula ssp. harperi   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cakile harperi 088-08-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Beaches, at or near the wrack line

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Wild Radish, Jointed Charlock, White Charlock

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Raphanus raphanistrum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Raphanus raphanistrum 088-10-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Mountains)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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Common Name: Wallflower-cabbage, Coincya, Star-mustard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coincya monensis ssp. recurvata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coincya monensis ssp. recurvata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) (MISIDENTIFIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica erucastrum 088-11-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Common Dog-mustard, Rocket-weed, French Rocket

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erucastrum gallicum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erucastrum gallicum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Mustard Greens, Indian Mustard, Brown Mustard, Chinese Mustard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica juncea   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica juncea   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica juncea 088-11-004   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Uncommon in SC, uncommon in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA & NC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Rapeseed, Canola, Rutabaga

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica napus   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica napus   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica napus 088-11-005   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Turnip, Field Mustard, Field Rape, Chinese Cabbage

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brassica rapa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Brassica rapa var. rapa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brassica napus 088-11-005?   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Black Mustard, Charlock

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhamphospermum nigrum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brassica nigra   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Alliaria petiolata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Alliaria petiolata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Alliaria petiolata 088-13-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests in bottomlands and on slopes

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Hedge Mustard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisymbrium officinale   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisymbrium officinale   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale 088-14-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, pastures, barnyards, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Tumble Mustard, Jim Hill Mustard, Tall Hedge-mustard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisymbrium altissimum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Sisymbrium altissimum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisymbrium altissimum 088-14-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Rare or waifs

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Mouse-ear Cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabidopsis thaliana   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabidopsis thaliana 088-15-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, lawns

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Southeastern Tansy-mustard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Descurainia pinnata var. pinnata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Descurainia pinnata 088-16-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Open sandy areas, especially roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dame's Rocket

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hesperis matronalis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hesperis matronalis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hesperis matronalis 088-17-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, roadsides, moist forests

Common in NC Mountains, rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Purple Rocket

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iodanthus pinnatifidus   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iodanthus pinnatifidus   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests of bottomlands and lower slopes, bottomland fields

Native: northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Wormseed Mustard, Wormseed Wallflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erysimum cheiranthoides   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erysimum cheiranthoides   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erysimum cheiranthoides 088-18-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, gardens, roadsides, along railroads, other disturbed areas

Rare or waif(s)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Bog Yellowcress, Marshcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rorippa palustris ssp. palustris   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Rorippa palustris ssp. fernaldiana   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rorippa islandica 088-19-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, bogs, seeps

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Austrian Yellowcress, Yellow Cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rorippa austriaca   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rorippa austriaca   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Hay meadows, other disturbed areas

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Watercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nasturtium officinale   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Nasturtium officinale   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nasturtium officinale 088-20-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Streams, springs, seepages

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Narrow-fruited Watercress, One-row Yellowcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nasturtium microphyllum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nasturtium microphyllum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nasturtium officinale 088-20-001?   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Streams, springs

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Early Winter-cress, Creasy

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Barbarea verna   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Barbarea verna   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Barbarea verna 088-22-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in SC Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Rocket-cress, Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Creasy

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Barbarea vulgaris   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Barbarea vulgaris   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata 088-22-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common in Mountains, common in NC (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine diphylla 088-23-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests

Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Slender Toothwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine angustata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine angustata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine angustata var. angustata 088-23-002a   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests

Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Dissected Toothwort, Fineleaf Toothwort, Forkleaf Toothwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine dissecta   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cardamine dissecta   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine angustata var. multifida 088-23-002b   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cutleaf Toothwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine concatenata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine concatenata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine concatenata 088-23-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bulbous Bittercress, Spring Cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine bulbosa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine bulbosa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine bulbosa 088-23-004   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Swampy forests and bogs, primarily (but not strictly) in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Purple Cress, Pink Spring-cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine douglassii   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine douglassii   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine douglassii 088-23-005   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Mountain Watercress, American Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine rotundifolia   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine rotundifolia   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine rotundifolia 088-23-006   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Seeps, streambanks, swampy depressions, sand and gravel bars in creeks

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine clematitis 088-23-007   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Shaded brookbanks, rock outcrops with seepage, at high elevations (1200m and above)

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ridge Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine clematitis 088-23-007?   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Look for it in seepages, on streambanks, & in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations

Rare or uncommon, depending on variety

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine hirsuta   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine hirsuta   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine hirsuta 088-23-008   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, including fields and gardens

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Woodland Bittercress, Hidden Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine occulta   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cardamine flexuosa   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine flexuosa 088-23-009   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: east Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pennsylvania Bittercress, Quaker Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine pensylvanica   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine pensylvanica   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine pensylvanica 088-23-010   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Various wet habitats, especially swampy depressions, streambanks, small woodland seeps

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Streambank Bittercress, Small-anthered Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine micranthera   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine micranthera   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine micranthera 088-23-011   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Sand and gravel bars in creeks, swampy floodplain woods, seepage over rocks

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Sand Bittercress, Small-flowered Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola 088-23-012   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand, also on mafic outcrop glades, as on greenstone, diabase, and nutrient-rich granites

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Narrowleaf Bittercress, Bushy Bittercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cardamine impatiens   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cardamine impatiens   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial floodplains (in NC, VA, and WV, notably in the New River drainage)

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tennessee Gladecress, Least Glade-cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Michaux's Glade-cress

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby (fields)

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sibara, Virginia-cress, Virginia Rockcress, Virginia Winged Rockcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Planodes virginicum   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sibara virginica   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sibara virginica 088-24-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lyreleaf Rockcress, Dwarf Rockcress, Sandcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arabis lyrata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis lyrata 088-25-001   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rock crevices in or thin soil around calcareous or mafic rock outcrops

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

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Tower Mustard, Towercress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Turritis glabra   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Arabis glabra   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis glabra 088-25-002   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Prairies, calcareous forests and woodlands, open disturbed areas, forest edges

Rare

Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Spreading Rockcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arabis patens   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis patens   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis patens 088-25-003   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Thin soils around calcareous or dolomitic outcrops, very rarely in nutrient-rich seepage from mafic rocks

Rare and irregularly distributed

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Smooth Rockcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia laevigata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis laevigata var. laevigata   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis laevigata var. laevigata 088-25-004a   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, especially mafic or calcareous, but also on more acidic substrates, rarely also in bottomlands

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Burk's Smooth Rockcress, Porter's Rockcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia burkii   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis laevigata var. burkii   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone barrens, shale barrens, and other dry, rocky habitats

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Missouri Rockcress

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Borodinia missouriensis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arabis missouriensis   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arabis laevigata var. missouriensis 088-25-004c   FAMILY: Brassicaceae

 

Habitat: Thin soil around outcrops of metamudstone, diabase, or granite (generally on ultramafic, mafic, or 'rich granitic' substrates)

Rare, with an odd and fragmented distribution

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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