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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Dicots

Family Name: Brassicaceae

Species Name
 
Alliaria -  Maps/Photos
  1. Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: garlic mustard
 
Alyssum -  Maps/Photos
  2. Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.*   
     Common Name: pale madwort
 
Arabidopsis -  Maps/Photos
  3. Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.*   
     Common Name: mouseear cress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis thaliana L.
 
Arabis -  Maps/Photos
  4. Arabis canadensis L.   
     Common Name: sicklepod
  5. Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: tower rock cress
  6. Arabis hirsuta var. adpressipilis  (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: creamflower rock cress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. pycnocarpa (M. Hopkins) Rollins
      Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. ssp. pycnocarpa (M. Hopkins) Hulten
      Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins
      Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins var. adpressipilis M. Hopkins
  7. Arabis laevigata var. burkii    
     Common Name: Burk's smooth rock cress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis burkii (Porter) Small
  8. Arabis laevigata var. laevigata    
     Common Name: smooth rock cress
  9. Arabis lyrata L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: lyrate rock cress
  10. Arabis patens Sull. (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: spreading rock cress
  11. Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
     Common Name: Braun's rock cress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. ampla Rollins
  12. Arabis shortii (Fern.) Gleason (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: Short's rockcress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. shortii Fern.
 
Armoracia -  Maps/Photos
  13. Armoracia lacustris (Gray) Al-Shehbaz & V.M. Bates (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: lake cress
     Synonymns:
      Armoracia aquatica (Eat.) Wieg.
      Neobeckia aquatica (Eat.) Greene
  14. Armoracia rusticana (Lam.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.*   
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: horse radish
 
Barbarea -  Maps/Photos
  15. Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch.*   
     Common Name: early yellow rocket
  16. Barbarea vulgaris R. Br.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: garden yellow rocket
 
Berteroa -  Maps/Photos
  17. Berteroa incana (L.) DC.*   
     Common Name: hoary false madwort
 
Brassica -  Maps/Photos
  18. Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.*   
     Common Name: India mustard
  19. Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch*   
     Common Name: black mustard
  20. Brassica rapa L.*   
     Common Name: field mustard
     Synonymns:
      Brassica campestris L.
 
Camelina -  Maps/Photos
  21. Camelina microcarpa Andrz ex DC.*   
     Common Name: littlepod false flax
 
Capsella -  Maps/Photos
  22. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
     Common Name: shepherd's purse
 
Cardamine -  Maps/Photos
  23. Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) B.S.P.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: bulbous bitter cress
     Synonymns:
      Cardamine rhomboidea (Pers.) DC.
  24. Cardamine clematitis Shuttlew. ex Gray (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: small mountain bitter cress
  25. Cardamine douglassii (Torr.) Britt.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: limestone bitter cress
  26. Cardamine flagellifera O.E. Schulz (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: Blue Ridge bitter cress
  27. Cardamine hirsuta L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: hairy bitter cress
  28. Cardamine parviflora L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: sand bitter cress
  29. Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: Pennsylvania bitter cress
  30. Cardamine rotundifolia Michx. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: American bitter cress
 
Chorispora -  Maps/Photos
  31. Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC.*   
     Common Name: crossflower
 
Conringia -  Maps/Photos
  32. Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort.*   
     Common Name: hare's ear mustard
 
Coronopus -  Maps/Photos
  33. Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.*   
     Common Name: lesser swine cress
 
Dentaria -  Maps/Photos
  34. Dentaria diphylla Michx.   
     Common Name: crinkleroot
     Synonymns:
      Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood
  35. Dentaria heterophylla Nutt.   
     Common Name: slender toothwort
     Synonymns:
      Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Wood
      Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz
  36. Dentaria laciniata Muhl. ex Willd.   
     Common Name: cutleaf toothwort
     Synonymns:
      Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.
      Cardamine laciniata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood
      Dentaria concatenata Michx.
  37. Dentaria multifida Muhl.   
     Common Name: forkleaf toothwort
     Synonymns:
      Cardamine dissecta (Leavenworth) Al-Shehbaz
      Cardamine multifida (Muhl. ex Ell.) Wood
      Dentaria dissecta Leavenworth
 
Descurainia -  Maps/Photos
  38. Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa    
     Common Name: western tansy mustard
  39. Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata    
     Common Name: western tansy mustard
  40. Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl*   
     Common Name: herb sophia
 
Draba -  Maps/Photos
  41. Draba brachycarpa Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray   
     Common Name: shortpod draba
  42. Draba cuneifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: wedgeleaf draba
  43. Draba ramosissima Desv. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: branched draba
  44. Draba verna L.*   
     Common Name: spring draba
     Synonymns:
      Erophila verna (L.) Bess.
 
Erysimum -  Maps/Photos
  45. Erysimum capitatum (Douglas) Greene (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: sanddune wallflower
  46. Erysimum cheiranthoides L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: wormseed wallflower
  47. Erysimum repandum L.*   
     Common Name: spreading wallflower
 
Hesperis -  Maps/Photos
  48. Hesperis matronalis L.*   
     Common Name: dames rocket
 
Iodanthus -  Maps/Photos
  49. Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: purple rocket
 
Leavenworthia -  Maps/Photos
  50. Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua  (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: Tennessee glade cress
  51. Leavenworthia exigua var. lutea  (TN Endangered Species-Possibly Extirpated)  
     Common Name: Tennessee glade cress
  52. Leavenworthia stylosa Gray   
     Common Name: cedar glade cress
  53. Leavenworthia torulosa Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: necklace glade cress
  54. Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britt.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
     Common Name: Michaux's glade cress
 
Lepidium -  Maps/Photos
  55. Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br.*   
     Common Name: field pepperweed
  56. Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: common pepperweed
  57. Lepidium oblongum Small   
     Common Name: veiny pepperweed
  58. Lepidium virginicum L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: Virginia pepperweed
 
Lesquerella -  Maps/Photos
  59. Lesquerella densipila Rollins (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: Duck River bladderpod
  60. Lesquerella globosa (Desv.) S. Wats. (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Candidate Species)
     Common Name: globe bladderpod
  61. Lesquerella lescurii (Gray) S. Wats.   
     Common Name: Lescur's bladderpod
  62. Lesquerella perforata Rollins (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
     Common Name: Spring Creek bladderpod
  63. Lesquerella stonensis Rollins (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: Stones River bladderpod
 
Lunaria -  Maps/Photos
  64. Lunaria annua L.*   
     Common Name: money plant, dollarweed
 
Raphanus -  Maps/Photos
  65. Raphanus raphanistrum L.*   
     Common Name: wild radish
  66. Raphanus sativus L.*   
     Common Name: cultivated radish
 
Rapistrum -  Maps/Photos
  67. Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All*   
     Common Name: annual bastard cabbage
 
Rorippa -  Maps/Photos
  68. Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek*   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: water cress
     Synonymns:
      Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
      Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten
  69. Rorippa palustris ssp. fernaldiana    
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: Fernald's yellow cress
  70. Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: stalkless yellow cress
  71. Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser*   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: creeping yellow cress
 
Sibara -  Maps/Photos
  72. Sibara virginica (L.) Rollins   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: Virginia winged rockcress
     Synonymns:
      Arabis virginica (L.) Poir.
 
Sinapis -  Maps/Photos
  73. Sinapis alba L.*   
     Common Name: white mustard
     Synonymns:
      Brassica hirta Moench
  74. Sinapis arvensis L.*   
     Common Name: charlock mustard
     Synonymns:
      Brassica kaber (DC.) L.C. Wheeler
 
Sisymbrium -  Maps/Photos
  75. Sisymbrium altissimum L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: tall tumble mustard
  76. Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.*   
     Common Name: hedge mustard
     Synonymns:
      Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. leiocarpum DC.
 
Thlaspi -  Maps/Photos
  77. Thlaspi alliaceum L.*   
     Common Name: roadside penny cress
  78. Thlaspi arvense L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: field penny cress
  79. Thlaspi perfoliatum L.*   
     Common Name: claspleaf penny cress
     Synonymns:
      Microthlaspi perfoliatum (L.) F.K. Mey.

 

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