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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Brassicaceae

SPECIES

Alliaria - [maps | photos]

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

Alyssum - [maps | photos]

Arabidopsis - [maps | photos]

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

Arabis - [maps | photos]

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

Berteroa - [maps | photos]

Boechera - [maps | photos]

  • Boechera burkii (Porter) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
    Common Name: Burk's smooth rock cress
    Synonyms:
             • Arabis burkii (Porter) Small
             • Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. burkii Porter
             • Arabis canadensis L.
  • Boechera dentata Al-shehbaz & Zarucchi (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: Short's rockcress
    Synonyms:
             • Arabis shortii (Fernald) Gleason
             • Boechera shortii (Fern.) Al-Shehbaz
             • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. shortii Fernald
  • 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 campestris L.

Camelina - [maps | photos]

Capsella - [maps | photos]

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 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]

Conringia - [maps | photos]

Dentaria - [maps | photos]

             • Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood
             • Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz
             • Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Wood
             • Cardamine laciniata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood
             • Dentaria concatenata Michx.
             • Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.
             • Cardamine dissecta (Leavenw.) Al-Shehbaz
             • Cardamine multifida (Muhl. ex Ell.) Wood
             • Dentaria dissecta Leavenw.

Descurainia - [maps | photos]

Draba - [maps | photos]

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

Erysimum - [maps | photos]

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

Hesperis - [maps | photos]

Iodanthus - [maps | photos]

Leavenworthia - [maps | photos]

Lepidium - [maps | photos]

             • Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

Lesquerella - [maps | photos]

Lunaria - [maps | photos]

Microthlaspi - [maps | photos]

             • Thlaspi perfoliatum L.

Nasturtium - [maps | photos]

             • Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten
             • Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek

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:
             • Arabis virginica (L.) Poir.
             • Sibara virginica (L.) Rollins

Raphanus - [maps | photos]

Rapistrum - [maps | photos]

Rorippa - [maps | photos]

  • Rorippa aquatica (Eaton) Palmer & Steyerm. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: lake cress
    Synonyms:
             • Armoracia lacustris (A. Gray) Al-Shehbaz & V.M. Bates
             • Neobeckia aquatica (Eat.) Greene
             • Armoracia aquatica (Eat.) Wieg.
  • Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
    Common Name: stalkless yellow cress
  • Rorippa sylvestris * (L.) Besser
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: creeping yellow cress

Sinapis - [maps | photos]

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

Sisymbrium - [maps | photos]

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

Thlaspi - [maps | photos]

  • 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.

*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.

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