*Arabidopsis thaliana (Linnaeus) Heynhold. Common name: Mouse-ear Cress, Thal-cress. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides, lawns. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Other Comments: Arabidopsis thaliana has sometimes been referred to as the white mouse of the vascular plant world, having been very extensively used as an experimental plant.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA7, G, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (1997), Rollins (1993); = Stenophragma thaliana (L.) Čelak. – S13, orthographic variant; = Stenophragma thalianum (L.) Čelak.
Links to other floras: = Arabidopsis thaliana - FNA7
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Annual herb from basal rosette, growing in disturbed areas, fields, roadsides and lawns. A native of Eurasia that now occurs throughout most of North America.
Stems: Stem a flowering stalk with reduced leaves, branched from base, hairy in the lower half and smooth in upper half.
Leaves: Basal leaves to 1½ in. long, oval to spoon-shaped with a few shallow teeth; the few alternate stem leaves are not toothed.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal raceme that becomes more open as it elongates, white, ¼ in. wide and consisting of 4 tiny rounded petals.
Fruits: Fruit and erect, smooth, linear green pod.
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Height: 1-20 in.
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description: Annual herb from basal rosette, growing in disturbed areas, fields, roadsides and lawns. A native of Eurasia that now occurs throughout most of North America.
stems: Stem a flowering stalk with reduced leaves, branched from base, hairy in the lower half and smooth in upper half.
leaves: Basal leaves to 1½ in. long, oval to spoon-shaped with a few shallow teeth; the few alternate stem leaves are not toothed.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal raceme that becomes more open as it elongates, white, ¼ in. wide and consisting of 4 tiny rounded petals.
fruits: Fruit and erect, smooth, linear green pod.
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