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Brassicaceae — Mustard Family

316 species · Plants

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Aethionema saxatile (L.) R.Br.

Burnt candytuft (Aethionema saxatile) is a flowering Brassicaceae species found in the European Alps.

Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

Alliaria petiolata, garlic mustard, is an herbaceous biennial plant with a long history of culinary and medicinal use in Europe.

Alyssoides utriculata (L.) Medik.

Alyssoides utriculata is the only species in the Brassicaceae genus Alyssoides, a herbaceous perennial ornamental native from southern France to Turkey.

Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.

Alyssum alyssoides is a small hairy annual or biennial herb with yellow fading flowers and hairy round fruits.

Alyssum gmelinii Jord. & Fourr.

Alyssum gmelinii is a synonym for a subspecies of flowering plant in Brassicaceae, an evergreen prostrate perennial with yellow fragrant flowers.

Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée

Arabidopsis arenosa (sand rock-cress) is a Brassicaceae flowering plant found mainly in Central Europe with both diploid and autotetraploid forms.

Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Arabidopsis lyrata is a diploid perennial flowering plant with a circumpolar distribution in northern temperate and arctic regions.

Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small, predominantly self-pollinating mustard widely used as a model organism in plant biology research.

Arabis alpina L.

Arabis alpina L. is a perennial herb with white spring flowers that attracts butterflies, growing up to 40 cm tall.

Arabis blepharophylla Hook. & Arn.

Arabis blepharophylla is a California-endemic perennial mustard, rare in the wild but commonly grown as a sweet-scented garden plant.

Arabis caucasica Willd.

Arabis caucasica is an evergreen perennial ornamental herb native to parts of Western Asia and the Mediterranean.

Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.

Arabis hirsuta, or hairy rock-cress, is a flowering Brassicaceae species typically restricted to Europe with a 2021 UK least concern conservation status.

Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.

Armoracia rusticana, or horseradish, is a widely cultivated plant grown for its pungent root, used in cooking and for an enzyme in biomedical research.

Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene

Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene is a small annual herb native to western North America, found in lower mountain moist slopes and cliffs.

Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv.

Aurinia saxatilis is a small evergreen perennial grown in gardens, with yellow or other colored blooms and an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

Barbarea orthoceras, American yellowrocket, is an edible perennial herb in Brassicaceae native to North America and parts of Asia.

Barbarea stricta Andrz. ex Besser

Barbarea stricta is a biennial or perennial herb native to Eurasia, naturalized in North America, that grows in disturbed sites.

Barbarea vulgaris (L.) W.T.Aiton

Barbarea vulgaris is a yellow-flowered mustard relative with distinct chemotypes, edible young parts, native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Berteroa incana (L.) DC.

Berteroa incana is a hairy herbaceous flowering plant toxic to horses, sometimes used ornamentally for ground cover in Europe.

Biscutella didyma L.

Biscutella didyma, buckler mustard, is a 4 cm tall annual Brassicaceae herb whose flowers are visited by several types of insects.

Biscutella laevigata L.

Biscutella laevigata (buckler-mustard) is a perennial crucifer herb proposed for thallium phytoremediation, with simple cultivation guidance.

Boechera breweri (S.Watson) Al-Shehbaz

Boechera breweri is a purple-flowered perennial herb native to rocky mountain and valley areas of northern California and southern Oregon.

Boechera californica (Rollins) Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Boechera (rockcress) is a primarily North American Brassicaceae genus, many of whose species reproduce asexually via apomixis.

Boechera perennans (S.Watson) W.A.Weber

Boechera perennans, the perennial rockcress, is a native perennial herb of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

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