Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Brassicaceae

Alliaria - [maps | photos]

• Alliaria petiolata * (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: garlic mustard

Alyssum - [maps | photos]

• Alyssum alyssoides * (L.) L.
  Common Name: pale madwort

Arabidopsis - [maps | photos]

• Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Lyrate Rock-Cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis lyrata L.

• Arabidopsis thaliana * (L.) Heynh.
  Common Name: mouseear cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis thaliana L.

Arabis - [maps | photos]

• Arabis pycnocarpa M. Hopkins var. adpressipilis M. Hopkins (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: creamflower rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. adpressipilis (M. Hopkins) Rollins

Armoracia - [maps | photos]

• Armoracia rusticana * (Lam.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: horse radish

Barbarea - [maps | photos]

• Barbarea verna * (Mill.) Asch.
  Common Name: early yellow rocket

• Barbarea vulgaris * W.T. Aiton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: garden yellow rocket

Berteroa - [maps | photos]

• Berteroa incana * (L.) DC.
  Common Name: hoary false madwort

Boechera - [maps | photos]

• Boechera burkii (Porter) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: Burk's smooth rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. burkii Porter

         • Arabis burkii (Porter) Small

• Boechera canadensis (L.) Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: sicklepod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis canadensis L.

• Boechera dentata Al-shehbaz & Zarucchi (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Short's rockcress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Boechera shortii (Fern.) Al-Shehbaz

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. shortii Fernald

         • Arabis shortii (Fernald) Gleason

• Boechera laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: smooth rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.

• Boechera patens (Sull.) Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: spreading rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis patens Sull.

• Boechera perstellata (E.L. Braun) Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Braun's rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. ampla Rollins

Brassica - [maps | photos]

• Brassica juncea * (L.) Czern.
  Common Name: India mustard

• Brassica nigra * (L.) W.D.J. Koch
  Common Name: black mustard

• Brassica rapa * L.
  Common Name: field mustard
  Synonyms:
  

         • Brassica campestris L.

Camelina - [maps | photos]

• Camelina microcarpa * Andrz. ex DC.
  Common Name: littlepod false flax

Capsella - [maps | photos]

• Capsella bursa-pastoris * (L.) Medik.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: shepherd's purse

Cardamine - [maps | photos]

• Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) B.S.P.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bulbous bitter cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cardamine rhomboidea (Pers.) DC.

• Cardamine clematitis Shuttlew. ex A. Gray (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: small mountain bitter cress

• Cardamine douglassii Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: limestone bitter cress

• Cardamine flagellifera O.E. Schulz (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Blue Ridge bitter cress

• Cardamine hirsuta * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: hairy bitter cress

• Cardamine parviflora L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: sand bitter cress

• Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: Pennsylvania bitter cress

• Cardamine rotundifolia Michx. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American bitter cress

Chorispora - [maps | photos]

• Chorispora tenella * (Pallas) DC.
  Common Name: crossflower

Conringia - [maps | photos]

• Conringia orientalis * (L.) Dumort.
  Common Name: hare's ear mustard

Dentaria - [maps | photos]

• Dentaria diphylla Michx.
  Common Name: crinkleroot
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood

• Dentaria heterophylla Nutt.
  Common Name: slender toothwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz

         • Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Wood

• Dentaria laciniata Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: cutleaf toothwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.

         • Cardamine laciniata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood

         • Dentaria concatenata Michx.

• Dentaria multifida Muhl. ex Ell.
  Common Name: forkleaf toothwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dentaria dissecta Leavenw.

         • Cardamine dissecta (Leavenw.) Al-Shehbaz

         • Cardamine multifida (Muhl. ex Ell.) Wood

Descurainia - [maps | photos]

• Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britton ssp. brachycarpa (Richards.) Detling
  Common Name: western tansy mustard

• Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britton ssp. pinnata
  Common Name: western tansy mustard

• Descurainia sophia * (L.) Webb ex Prantl
  Common Name: herb sophia

Draba - [maps | photos]

• Draba brachycarpa Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
  Common Name: shortpod draba

• Draba cuneifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: wedgeleaf draba

• Draba ramosissima Desv. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: branched draba

• Draba verna * L.
  Common Name: spring draba
  Synonyms:
  

         • Erophila verna (L.) Bess.

Erysimum - [maps | photos]

• Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: sanddune wallflower

• Erysimum cheiranthoides * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: wormseed wallflower

• Erysimum repandum * L.
  Common Name: spreading wallflower

Hesperis - [maps | photos]

• Hesperis matronalis * L.
  Common Name: dames rocket

Iodanthus - [maps | photos]

• Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: purple rocket

Leavenworthia - [maps | photos]

• Leavenworthia exigua Rollins var. exigua (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Tennessee glade cress

• Leavenworthia exigua Rollins var. lutea Rollins (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  Common Name: Tennessee glade cress

• Leavenworthia stylosa A. Gray
  Common Name: cedar glade cress

• Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: necklace glade cress

• Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: Michaux's glade cress

Lepidium - [maps | photos]

• Lepidium campestre * (L.) Aiton
  Common Name: field pepperweed

• Lepidium densiflorum * Schrad.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common pepperweed

• Lepidium didymum * L.
  Common Name: lesser swine cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

• Lepidium oblongum Small
  Common Name: veiny pepperweed

• Lepidium virginicum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Virginia pepperweed

Lesquerella - [maps | photos]

• Lesquerella lescurii (Gray) S. Wats.
  Common Name: Lescur's bladderpod

Lunaria - [maps | photos]

• Lunaria annua * L.
  Common Name: dollarweed

Microthlaspi - [maps | photos]

• Microthlaspi perfoliatum * (L.) F.K. Mey.
  Common Name: claspleaf penny cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Thlaspi perfoliatum L.

Nasturtium - [maps | photos]

• Nasturtium officinale * W.T. Aiton
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: water cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek

         • Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten

Paysonia - [maps | photos]

• Paysonia densipila (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Duck River bladderpod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lesquerella densipila Rollins

• Paysonia lescurii (A. Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: Lescur's bladderpod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lesquerella lescurii (A. Gray) S. Wats.

• Paysonia perforata (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Spring Creek bladderpod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lesquerella perforata Rollins

• Paysonia stonensis (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Stones River bladderpod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lesquerella stonensis Rollins

Physaria - [maps | photos]

• Physaria globosa (Desv.) O'Kane (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: globe bladderpod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lesquerella globosa (Desv.) S. Wats.

Planodes - [maps | photos]

• Planodes virginica (L.) Greene
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Virginia winged rockcress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sibara virginica (L.) Rollins

         • Arabis virginica (L.) Poir.

Raphanus - [maps | photos]

• Raphanus raphanistrum * L.
  Common Name: wild radish

• Raphanus sativus * L.
  Common Name: cultivated radish

Rapistrum - [maps | photos]

• Rapistrum rugosum * (L.) All
  Common Name: annual bastard cabbage

Rorippa - [maps | photos]

• Rorippa aquatica (Eaton) Palmer & Steyerm. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: lake cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Neobeckia aquatica (Eat.) Greene

         • Armoracia aquatica (Eat.) Wieg.

         • Armoracia lacustris (A. Gray) Al-Shehbaz & V.M. Bates

• Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser ssp. fernaldiana (Butters & Abbe) Jonsell
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Fernald's yellow cress

• Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: stalkless yellow cress

• Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) Hitchc.
  Common Name: spreading yellow cress

• Rorippa sylvestris * (L.) Besser
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: creeping yellow cress

Sinapis - [maps | photos]

• Sinapis alba * L.
  Common Name: white mustard
  Synonyms:
  

         • Brassica hirta Moench

• Sinapis arvensis * L.
  Common Name: charlock mustard
  Synonyms:
  

         • Brassica kaber (DC.) L.C. Wheeler

Sisymbrium - [maps | photos]

• Sisymbrium altissimum * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: tall tumble mustard

• Sisymbrium officinale * (L.) Scop.
  Common Name: hedge mustard
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. leiocarpum DC.

Thlaspi - [maps | photos]

• Thlaspi alliaceum * L.
  Common Name: roadside penny cress

• Thlaspi arvense * L.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: field penny cress

Turritis - [maps | photos]

• Turritis glabra L. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: tower rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.