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Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.
tower rockcress

       
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Line Drawing of Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 181. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

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Synonyms:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

  ARGLF Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. var. furcatipilis M. Hopkins  
  ARGLG6 Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. var. glabra   rock cress
  TUGL Turritis glabra L.  
 

Distribution:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 87 species in Arabis
 

Classification:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus Arabis L. – rockcress
Species Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. – tower rockcress
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
tower-mustard              Threatened
Tennessee:
tower-mustard              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22695.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

FAO-Crop and Grassland Service

FL-University of Florida Agroecology

FL-University of Florida Extension Fact Sheet

HI-Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

Tropical Forages

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