Borodinia missouriensis (Greene) P.J. Alexander & Windham. Common name: Missouri Rockcress. Phenology: Apr-May; May-Jun. Habitat: Thin soil around outcrops of metamudstone, diabase, or granite (generally on ultramafic, mafic, or 'rich granitic' substrates). Distribution: ME to WI, south to KY, AR, and OK; disjunct eastward in NC, SC, and GA. The distribution of this species is odd and fragmented.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NY, Alexander et al (2013); = Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. missouriensis (Greene) Ahles — RAB; = Arabis missouriensis Greene — C, Pa, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993); = Boechera missouriensis (Greene) Al-Shehbaz — Ar, FNA7, Il, Mi, NE, Al-Shehbaz (2003); < Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. — S, S13; > Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. deamii M.Hopkins — F; > Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. missouriensis (Greene) Ahles — F; > Arabis viridis Harger var. viridis — G, Hopkins (1937). Basionym: Arabis missouriensis Greene 1908
Links to other floras: = Boechera missouriensis - FNA7
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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