Species: Arabis glabra

Tower-mustard
Species
    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Anthophyta
    Class

    Dicotyledoneae

    Order

    Capparales

    Family

    Brassicaceae

    Genus

    Arabis

    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.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2000-10-26
    Global Status Last Changed
    1984-02-09
    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).
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