Turritis glabra Linnaeus. Common name: Tower Mustard, Towercress. Phenology: May-Jun; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Prairies, calcareous forests and woodlands, open disturbed areas, forest edges. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to NC, sc. TN (Chester, Wofford, &Kral 1997), AR, KS, NM, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Possibly only an introduction in parts of our area.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA7, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Tn, Va; = Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. — C, F, G, GrPl, Pa, RAB, Tat, W; > Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. var. glabra — Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993). Basionym: Turritis glabra L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Turritis glabra - FNA7
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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