Planodes virginicum (Linnaeus) E.L. Greene. Common name: Virginia-cress, Sibara. Phenology: Feb-Jun. Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides; a native weed, presumably much more common now than formerly. Distribution: VA west to IL, IA, and KS, south to FL and TX; the original distribution uncertain.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl4, FNA7, Va, Rollins (1993); = Arabis virginica (L.) Poir. — GrPl, S, S13; = n/a — Pa, Tat; = Planodes virginica — Il, K4, Mo2, Tn, orthographic variant; = Sibara virginica (L.) Rollins — C, F, G, NcTx, RAB, Tx, W, WH3, WV, Al-Shehbaz (1988a); Cardamine virginica Linnaeus. Basionym: Cardamine virginica L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Planodes virginicum - FNA7
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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