NameThatPlant.net: Teesdalia nudicaulis

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Teesdalia nudicaulis FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Teesdalia nudicaulis FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

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 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)

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

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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