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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Teesdalia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Teesdalia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-03-001:
Teesdalia nudicaulis FAMILY Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Shepherd's Cress, Hedge Mustard, Bank Cress
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Teesdalia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Teesdalia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-03-001:
Teesdalia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
4940
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed longleaf pine sandhills, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple - pinnately lobed
Basal rosette & sometimes a few alternate stem leaves
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silicle
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