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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Brassicaceae
Arabis shortii (Fernald) Gleason
Short's rock-cress, toothed 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 (?)
shortii: for Charles Wilkins Short (1794-1863)
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect or drooping biennial, 8"-20" tall forb, branched at the base; stems with thin hairs |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/8"-1/4" wide, petals barely longer than the sepals; inflorescence a cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | widely-spreading, long, thin, flat pods; seeds in 1 row, wingless |
| Leaf: | stem leaves oblong, many with lobed bases, clasping, sparsely toothed, hairy on both sides; lower leaves roundish with long stalks |
| Habitat: | moist; woods; in rich soil |
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