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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Brassicaceae
Arabis drummondii A.Gray
Drummond's 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 (?)
drummondii: from Thomas Drummond (1790-1835), a Scottish naturalist who like his fellow countryman David Douglas made an ill-fated collecting trip to North America.
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial forb, mostly hairless |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide; inflorescence a short cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | long, thin, flat, straight pods pointing upward on a smooth stalk; seeds in 2 rows |
| Leaf: | stem leaves stalkless, lance-like to oblong, lobed at the base |
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