Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Arabis (Rockcress)
Arabis auriculata Lam. - Annual Rockcress
Arabis alpina L. - Alpine Rock-Cress
Arabis soyeri Reut. & A. Huet - Soyer's Rockcress
Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. - Hairy Rock-Cress
Arabis planisiliqua (Pers.) Rchb.
Arabis sagittata (Bertol.) DC. - Arrowleaf Rockcress
Arabis caerulea (All.) Haenke - Blue Arabis
Arabis pumila Jacq. - Dwarf Rockcress
Arabis stellulata Bertol. - Stellulate-Hair Dwarf Rockcress
Arabis ciliata Clairv. - Corymbose Rockcress
Maximal 40 cm tall, <ba>perennial</ba>. <span class="v1">plants:</span> <ba><b>hirsute</b></ba>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> whitish. <span class="v1">petals:</span> gradually (subsp. <i>alpina</i>) <i>or</i> abruptly (subsp. <i>caucasica</i>) narrowed int...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
screes, rocky habitats
in alkaline habitats