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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Brassicaceae
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.
mouse-ear-cress, thale-cress
Arabidopsis: like Arabis a Greek word used for"mustard" or "cress," and the Greek word for Arabia
thaliana: after Johannes Thal (1542-1583), who discovered this species in the Harz Mountains and originally called it Pilosella siliquosa. Its current name was finally settled on in his honor in 1842
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | annual, 4"-16" tall forb; stems branched |
| Flower: | white; inflorescence a very open, small cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | long, thin pod pointing upward |
| Leaf: | mostly basal rosette, stem leaves small |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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