Top Results for Brassicaceae

Cut-leaved toothwort, Cardamine concatenata, is a spring ephemeral native to deciduous forests of eastern North America. It emerges before the forest canopy closes, producing deeply divided leaves and clusters of small white or pale pink flowers with four petals, a characteristic of the mustard fami...

A spring ephemeral of eastern North American forests in the mustard family serving as the primary larval host plant for the West Virginia white butterfly (Pieris virginiensis).

Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) is a perennial wildflower in the mustard family native to eastern North America. It produces clusters of four-petaled white flowers in spring and has a rounded, tuber-like underground base reflected in its scientific name. The species inhabits wet meadows, marshes, f...

Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris, is a small annual or winter-annual plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Eurasia but now occurs across temperate and subtropical regions worldwide, commonly colonizing cultivated ground, roadsides, and other disturbed sites. The plant i...

Yellow rocket is a Eurasian biennial mustard that has become naturalized across much of North America. It produces yellow flowers early in the growing season and is commonly associated with moist ground, wetlands, roadsides, and other disturbed habitats. Its young leaves have historically been eaten...

Wild mustard is the common name for Sinapis arvensis, an annual flowering plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. Native to Eurasia, it has become established in many other regions, including North America, where it can compete with cereal crops and is treated as an agricultural weed. Its young l...