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Checklist » Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae   (Mustard Family)

Notes: (Cruciferae [H&C]) Our taxonomy and nomenclature follows the treatments of Rollins (1993a, 1993b, 1993c), unless otherwise noted. Many of the authorities disagree with those used in H&C.

Family Synonyms:
» Cruciferae

Literature:
» Rollins 1993a = Rollins, R. C. 1993a. The Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA. 976 p.
» Rollins 1993b = Rollins, R. C. 1993b. Brassicaceae [Cruciferae], mustard family. In: Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley.
» Rollins 1993c = Rollins, R. C. 1993c. New taxa and names in the Cruciferae of California. Harvard Papers in Botany 4: 43-48.

Family treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 10/21/2003 by Peter F. Zika
 
Taxon (native species in boldface) # Synonyms Common Names
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande   [IFBC] 1 garlic mustard
Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.   [H&C] 0 small alison, pale alyssum or madwort
Alyssum desertorum Stapf   [H&C] 0 desert alyssum
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.   [IFBC] 0 mouse-ear cress, thalecress
Arabis crucisetosa Constance & Rollins   [H&C] 0 crosshaired rockcress
Arabis cusickii S. Watson   [H&C] 0 Cusick's rockcress
Arabis ×divaricarpa A. Nelson   [Rollins, 1993] 5 spreadingpod rockcress
Arabis drummondii A. Gray   [H&C] 2 Drummond's or Canadian rockcress
Arabis furcata S. Watson   [H&C] 3 fork-haired or Cascade or Columbia Gorge rockcress
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.   [H&C] 3 tower mustard
Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. eschscholtziana (Andrz.) Rollins   [H&C] 1 Pacific coast rockcress
Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. glabrata Torr. & A. Gray   [H&C] 0 hairy rockcress
Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. pendulocarpa (A. Nelson) Rollins   [H&C] 1 danglepod rockcress
Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Rollins   [H&C] 0 pine rockcress
Arabis holboellii Hornem. var. retrofracta (Graham) Rydb.   [H&C] 6 reversed rockcress
Arabis lemmonii S. Watson var. lemmonii    [H&C] 2 Lemmon's rockcress
Arabis lemmonii S. Watson var. paddoensis Rollins   [H&C] 0 Mt. Adams rockcress
Arabis lyallii S. Watson   [H&C] 2 Lyall's rockcress
Arabis lyrata L. var. kamchatica Fisch. ex DC.   [H&C] 1 lyre-leaved or kamchatka or western rockcress
Arabis microphylla Nutt. var. microphylla    [H&C] 2 littleleaf rockcress
Arabis murrayi G.A. Mulligan 0 murry's rockcress
Arabis nuttallii B.L. Rob.   [H&C] 1 Nuttall's rockcress
Arabis puberula Nutt.   [H&C] 0 hoary or Blue Mountain rockcress
Arabis sparsiflora Nutt. var. atrorubens (Suksd. ex Greene) Rollins   [H&C] 1 black-flowered rockcress
Arabis sparsiflora Nutt. var. columbiana (Macoun) Rollins   [H&C] 0 Columbia rockcress
Arabis sparsiflora Nutt. var. subvillosa (S. Watson) Rollins   [H&C] 1 few-flowered rockcress
Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.   [IFBC] 1 horseradish
Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene   [H&C] 0 sandweed
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.   [H&C] 3 American wintercress or yellow rocket
Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch.   [H&C] 0 Belle Isle cress, early wintercress, landcress, early yellow rocket, scurvygrass
Barbarea vulgaris Ait.   [Rollins, 1993] 1 bitter wintercress, yellow rocket
Berteroa incana (L.) DC.   [H&C] 0 hoary alyssum
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.   [H&C] 2 Chinese, Indian, brown or leaf mustard
Brassica napus L.   [Stace, 1997] 0 rape, rapeseed, winter rape
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch   [H&C] 0 black mustard
Brassica oleracea L. var. oleracea    [Stace, 1997] 1 wild cabbage
Brassica rapa L. ssp. campestris (L.) A.R. Clapham   [Stace, 1997] 3 wild turnip, field mustard, common mustard
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. ssp. edentula    [Rollins, 1993] 3 sea rocket, American sea rocket
Cakile maritima Scop.   [H&C] 0 sea rocket, European sea rocket
Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC.   [H&C] 0 littlepod false flax, hairy false flax
Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz   [H&C] 1 gold-of-pleasure, false flax
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.   [H&C] 1 shepherd's-purse
Cardamine angulata Hook.   [H&C] 0 seaside or angled bittercress
Cardamine bellidifolia L. 2 alpine bittercress
Cardamine breweri S. Watson var. breweri    [H&C] 0 Brewer's bittercress
Cardamine breweri S. Watson var. orbicularis (Greene) Detling   [H&C] 0 round bittercress
Cardamine cordifolia A. Gray var. lyallii (S. Watson) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.   [H&C] 1 Lyall's bittercress, heart-leaved or large mountain bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa With.   [Stace, 1997] 0 wavy bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta L.   [Stace, 1997] 0 hairy bittercress
Cardamine nuttallii Greene var. nuttallii    [Rollins, 1993] 7 slender or Nuttall's toothwort, beautiful bittercress
Cardamine occidentalis (S. Watson ex B.L. Rob.) Howell   [H&C] 0 western bittercress
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. var. kamtschatica (Regel) Detling   [H&C] 0 Siberian or umbellate bittercress
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. var. oligosperma    [H&C] 0 little western bittercress, few-seeded bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.   [H&C] 0 Pennsylvania or quaker bittercress
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis    [Rollins, 1993] 0 cuckoo flower
Cardaria chalapensis (L.) Hand.-Mazz.   [H&C] 4 Asian white-top, chalapa or lens-podded hoarycress
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.   [H&C] 3 heart-podded hoarycress, hoary pepperwort
Cardaria pubescens (C.A. Mey.) Jarm.   [H&C] 1 globepodded hoarycress, whitetop
Caulanthus lasiophyllus (Hook. & Arn.) Payson var. lasiophyllus    [Rollins, 1993] 4
Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC.   [H&C] 0 blue mustard, crossflower
Cochlearia groenlandica L.   [IFBC] 3 Danish scurvygrass; scurvy-grass; spoonwort
Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort.   [H&C] 0 hare's-ear or treacle mustard
Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.   [H&C] 0 lesser swinecress or wartcress
Cusickiella douglasii (A. Gray) Rollins   [Rollins, 1993] 1 Douglas' whitlow-grass, alkali false whitlow-grass
Descurainia incisa (Engelm.) Britton ssp. filipes (A. Gray) Rollins   [Rollins, 1993] 2 narrow tansymustard
Descurainia incisa (Engelm.) Britton ssp. incisa    [Rollins, 1993] 3 cut-leaved tansymustard
Descurainia incisa (Engelm.) Britton ssp. viscosa (Rydb.) Rollins   [Rollins, 1993] 4 moutain or sticky tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. brachycarpa (Richardson) Detling   [Rollins, 1993] 2 western or shortpod tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton ssp. nelsonii (Rydb.) Detling   [Rollins, 1993] 1 Nelson's or sagebrush tansymustard
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl   [H&C] 0 flixweed
Draba albertina Greene   [Rollins, 1993] 2 slender whitlow-grass, Alaska draba
Draba aurea Vahl   [H&C] 2 golden draba or whitlow-grass
Draba aureola S. Watson   [H&C] 1 Mt. Lassen draba or whitlow-grass, great alpine or alpine whitlow-grass
Draba borealis DC.   [Rollins, 1993] 0 boreal or northern whitlow-grass
Draba crassifolia Graham   [H&C] 2 thick-leaved or Rocky Mountain draba, snowbed whitlow-grass
Draba densifolia Nutt.   [H&C] 3 Nuttall's draba, dense-leaf whitlow-grass
Draba incerta Payson var. incerta    [Rollins, 1993] 1 Yellowstone draba or whitlow-wort
Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. lonchocarpa    [Rollins, 1993] 3 lancefruit draba or whitlow-wort
Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. thompsonii (C.L. Hitchc.) Rollins   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 Thompson's whitlow-grass
Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. var. vestita O.E. Schulz   [Rollins, 1993; not in H&C] 1 lancefruited draba, hairy whitlow-grass
Draba longipes Raup   [Rollins, 1993] 1 long-stalk whitlow-grass
Draba nemorosa L.   [H&C] 1 woodland whitlow-grass, woods draba
Draba oligosperma Hook.   [Rollins, 1993] 3 few-seeded draba or whitlow-grass
Draba paysonii J.F. Macbr. var. treleasii (O.E. Schulz) C.L. Hitchc.   [H&C] 1 Payson's whitlow-grass or draba
Draba platycarpa Torr. & A. Gray   [Rollins, 1993] 1 broad-pod whitlow-grass
Draba praealta Greene   [H&C] 1 tall whitlow-grass or draba
Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald   [Rollins, 1993] 4 Carolina whitlow-grass
Draba ruaxes Payson & H. St. John   [Rollins, 1993] 1 coast mountain whitlow-grass or draba
Draba stenoloba Ledeb. var. stenoloba    [Rollins, 1993] 1 Alaska whitlow-grass
Draba verna L.   [Rollins, 1993] 6 spring whitlow-grass
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.   [Rollins, 1993] 1 garden rocket
Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E. Schulz   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 dog mustard, hairy rocket
Erysimum arenicola S. Watson   [Rollins, 1993] 2 sand-dwelling wallflower
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene var. capitatum    [Rollins, 1993] 2 rough wallflower, prairie rocket
Erysimum cheiranthoides L.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 wormseed wallflower, treacle mustard
Erysimum cheiri (L.) Crantz   [Stace, 1997] 1 wallflower
Erysimum inconspicuum (S. Watson) MacMill. var. inconspicuum    [Rollins, 1993] 1 small-flowered rocket or prairie rocket, small wallflower
Erysimum occidentale (S. Watson) B.L. Rob.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 2 pale or western wallflower
Erysimum repandum L.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 spreading wallflower
Euclidium syriacum (L.) R. Br.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 Syrian mustard, euclidium
Halimolobos perplexa (Hend.) Rollins var. perplexa    [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 2 puzzling halimolobos
Halimolobos whitedii (Piper) Rollins   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 2 whited's halimolobos or fissurewort
Hesperis matronalis L.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 dame's rocket, dame's violet, mother-of-the-evening
Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 6 prostrate hutchinsia, hutchinsia, ovalpurse
Idahoa scapigera (Hook.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 1 scalepod, flatpod
Isatis tinctoria L.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 0 woad, Dyer's woad
Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br.   [Rollins, 1993] 1 field peppergrass or pepperwort, field cress, pepperwort
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. var. densiflorum    [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 1 prairie or common peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. var. elongatum (Rydb.) Thell.   [Rollins, 1993, H&C] 1 elongate peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. var. macrocarpum G.A. Mulligan   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 0 large-fruited peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. var. pubicarpum (A. Nelson) Thell.   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 1 hairy-fruited peppergrass
Lepidium dictyotum A. Gray var. acutidens A. Gray   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 1 sharp-toothed peppergrass
Lepidium dictyotum A. Gray var. dictyotum    [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 1 veiny or alkali peppergrass
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 0 Smith's pepperwort
Lepidium latifolium L.   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 0 dittander, broad-leaved pepperwort or peppergrass
Lepidium nitidum Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. nitidum    [Rollins, 1993] 1 shining peppergrass
Lepidium oxycarpum Torr. & A. Gray   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 1 sharpfruited or forked pepperwort
Lepidium perfoliatum L.   [Rollins, 1993; H&C] 0 clasping peppergrass or pepperwort, yellow-flowered or clasping-leaved or round-leaved peppergrass
Lepidium ramosissimum A. Nelson var. bourgeauanum (Thell.) Rollins 2 dull peppergrass
Lepidium ramosissimum A. Nelson var. ramosissimum 1 branched peppergrass
Lepidium ruderale L. 1 narrow-leaved or roadside pepperwort
Lepidium sativum L. 0 garden cress or pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum L. var. medium (Greene) C.L. Hitchc. 1 tall western or Idaho peppergrass
Lepidium virginicum L. var. menziesii (DC.) C.L. Hitchc. 1 Menzies' or coastal peppergrass
Lepidium virginicum L. var. pubescens (Greene) Thell. 0 hairy peppergrass
Lesquerella douglasii S. Watson 0 Columbia or Douglas' bladderpod
Lesquerella occidentalis S. Watson ssp. occidentalis 2 western bladderpod
Lesquerella tuplashensis Rollins, K.A. Beck & F.E. Caplow   [not in H&C] 0 white bluffs bladderpod
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. 1 sweet alyssum, sweet alison
Lunaria annua L. 0 honesty
Malcolmia africana (L.) R. Br. 0 african adder's-mouth or malcolmia
Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv.   [H&C] 0 ball mustard
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt. 5 daggerpod
Physaria alpestris Suksd. 0 alpine or Washington twinpod
Physaria didymocarpa (Hook.) A. Gray var. didymocarpa 0 common twinpod
Physaria geyeri (Hook.) A. Gray var. geyeri 0 Geyer's twinpod or double bladderpod
Physaria oregana S. Watson 0 Oregon twinpod
Polyctenium fremontii (Wats.) Greene   [H&C] 1 combleaf
Raphanus raphanistrum L. 0 jointed charlock, wild radish
Raphanus sativus L. 0 radish, garden radish
Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Besser   [not in H&C] 1 Austrian yellowcress or field-cress
Rorippa columbiae (Suksd. ex B.L. Rob.) Suksd. ex T.J. Howell 1 Columbia yellowcress or cress
Rorippa curvipes Greene var. curvipes 1 blunt-leaved yellowcress
Rorippa curvipes Greene var. truncata (Jeps.) Rollins   [not in H&C] 0 truncate yellowcress
Rorippa curvisiliqua (Hook.) Bessey ex Britton 5 western yellowcress
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek 0 watercress
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser 12 marsh or hispid yellowcress
Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchc. 0 spreading yellowcress
Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser 0 creeping yellowcress
Rorippa tenerrima Greene   [not in H&C] 0 Modoc yellowcress
Schoenocrambe linifolia (Nutt.) Greene   [H&C] 0 lava cress, rush mustard, flax-leaved or Salmon River plainsmustard
Sinapis alba L. 1 white mustard
Sinapis arvensis L. 3 charlock, corn or wild mustard
Sisymbrium altissimum L.   [H&C] 0 tall rocket, tumble or Jim Hill mustard
Sisymbrium loeselii L.   [H&C] 0 false london rocket, Loesel's tumblemustard
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.   [H&C] 2 hedge mustard
Smelowskia calycina (Stephen) C.A. Mey. var. americana (Regel & Herder) W.H. Drury & Rollins 1 alpine or Siberian smelowskia
Smelowskia ovalis M.E. Jones var. ovalis 1 short-fruited smelowskia
Streptanthella longirostris (S. Watson) Rydb. 1 streptanthella, long-beaked fiddle mustard
Subularia aquatica L. ssp. americana G.A. Mulligan & Calder 2 awlwort
Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) R. Br. 0 shepherd's cress
Thelypodium howellii S. Watson ssp. howellii 0 Howell's thelypody
Thelypodium integrifolium (Nutt.) Endl. 1 entire-leaved thelypody
Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl. 2 thick-leaved or cut-leaf thelypody
Thelypodium milleflorum A. Nelson 1 many flowered thelypody
Thelypodium sagittatum (Nutt.) Endl. ssp. sagittatum 2 slender or sagittate thelypody
Thlaspi arvense L. 0 field pennycress, fanweed
Thlaspi montanum L. var. montanum    [Rollins, 1993] 5 wild candytuft
Thlaspi perfoliatum L. 1 perfoliate pennycress
Thysanocarpus curvipes Hook.   [H&C] 2 sand fringepod, lacepod


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