Species: Arabis glabra
Tower-mustard
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Capparales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Arabis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
arabette glabre - tower rockcress
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Mustard Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Capparales - Brassicaceae - Arabis - Two varieties (vars. glabra and furcatipilis) were recognized in the species Arabis glabra by Rollins (Crucifers monograph, 1993) and by Kartesz (1994 checklist). However, these varieties were not maintained by Mulligan (1995, Arabis revision, Rhodora 97: 109-163), and Kartesz (2/99 review draft dataset) similarly declines to recognize them.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2000-10-26
Global Status Last Changed
1984-02-09
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Circumboreal; widespread in North America. Apparently native in parts of the U.S. and Canada, but may be introduced in other parts. <br><br>Possibly introduced in parts of Canada (Moss, 1994). Native in the U.S. but apparently introduced from southern Alaska-Yukon-District of Mackenzie-British Columbia-Alberta to Saskatchawan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and perhaps New Brunswick (Scoggan, 1978). Rare in North Carolina and Virginia; possibly introduced there (Weakley, 2000).