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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Brassicaceae
Arabis divaricarpa A.Nelson
spreading-pod rock-cress
Arabis: a Greek word used for "mustard" or "cress," and the Greek word for Arabia, perhaps referring to the ability of these plants to grow in rocky or sandy soils (?)
divaricarpa: spreading fruit
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, to 40" tall forb, hairless above the base; stems loosely branched |
| Flower: | pink to white, 4-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, petals long-lobed, the same or longer than the sepals; inflorescence a widely-spreading cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | linear, straight pods erect and then spreading outward; seeds in 1-2 rows |
| Leaf: | first year rosette leaves stiff, long and narrow, hairy; stem leaves thin, smooth on both sides, erect, 2-lobes at the base appearing to clasp the stem |
| Habitat: | in sandy, rocky soil |
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