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Brassicaceae — Mustard Family

316 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Brassicaceae

Lepidium virginicum L.

Lepidium virginicum is an edible herbaceous annual or biennial with a peppery taste, grown for edible leaves and seedpods.

Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.

Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum) is a low-growing Mediterranean native flower widely cultivated as garden groundcover, with edible young parts.

Lunaria annua L.

Lunaria annua L. is an annual/biennial grown for ornament, native to southern Europe and widely cultivated.

Lunaria rediviva L.

Perennial honesty (Lunaria rediviva) is a fragrant herbaceous perennial in the cabbage family, grown as an AGM-winning garden plant native to Europe.

Matthiola fragrans (Fisch.) Bunge

Matthiola fragrans is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae, native to parts of Eastern Europe and Kazakhstan, restricted to chalk outcrops.

Matthiola fruticulosa (L.) Maire

Matthiola fruticulosa, sad stock, is a Brassicaceae flowering plant native to the Mediterranean, adapted to clay and marl soils.

Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton

Matthiola incana, or stock, is a flowering plant native to southern Europe, often grown as a garden annual.

Matthiola longipetala (Vent.) DC.

Matthiola longipetala is an Eurasian, evening-scented annual grown across North America for its fragrant nighttime blooms.

Matthiola maderensis Lowe

Matthiola maderensis Lowe is a fragrant herbaceous plant with colored clustered flowers, reaching up to 90 cm in height.

Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton

Matthiola parviflora, the smallflower stock, is a Brassicaceae flowering plant native to areas around the Mediterranean and invading Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

Matthiola sinuata (L.) W.T.Aiton

Matthiola sinuata, the sea stock, is a vulnerable short-lived coastal Brassicaceae herb found in European coastal habitats.

Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC.

Purple mistress (Moricandia arvensis) is a Brassicaceae flowering plant with C2 photosynthesis native to the western Mediterranean.

Mummenhoffia alliacea (L.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz

Mummenhoffia alliacea, garlic or roadside pennycress, is a Brassicaceae flowering plant native to Europe and Anatolia, introduced to the UK and eastern US.

Myagrum perfoliatum L.

Myagrum perfoliatum L. is the only species in the Brassicaceae genus Myagrum, native to Europe and the Middle East, introduced as a weed elsewhere.

Nasturtium officinale R.Br.

Nasturtium officinale, commonly watercress, is a semi-aquatic edible plant with cultivation history and traditional medicinal uses.

Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv.

Neslia is a monotypic Brassicaceae genus with only one extant species, Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv.

Noccaea caerulescens (J.Presl & C.Presl) F.K.Mey.

Noccaea caerulescens is a low biennial or perennial flowering plant found across multiple regions of Europe in a wide range of open habitats.

Noccaea fendleri (A.Gray) Holub

Noccaea fendleri is a small perennial flowering plant native to western North America, grown in native gardens for attracting butterflies.

Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz

Noccaea perfoliata is an annual flowering Brassicaceae species native to regions across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia.

Noccaea rotundifolia (L.) Moench

Noccaea rotundifolia (L.) Moench is a flowering plant with a basal rosette, short unbranched stems, and dense pink flower racemes.

Orychophragmus violaceus (L.) O.E.Schulz

Orychophragmus violaceus, Chinese violet cress, is a Brassicaceae flowering plant native to East Asia, cultivated as a vegetable in China.

Paysonia lescurii (A.Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Paysonia lescurii is an annual herb with small four-petaled yellow flowers and densely hairy branched stems.

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt.

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt., or daggerpod, is a perennial herb with dagger-shaped fruits that grows in rocky habitats across many elevations.

Physaria bellii G.A.Mulligan

Physaria bellii is a rare flowering mustard species that is endemic to Colorado, threatened primarily by residential development.

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