Biology:Arabis blepharophylla

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Short description: Species of plant

Arabis blepharophylla
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Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Arabis
Species:
A. blepharophylla
Binomial name
Arabis blepharophylla
Hook. & Arn.

Arabis blepharophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, known by the common names coast rock cress and rose rock cress. It is endemic to California , growing mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area and nearby low-elevation California Coast Ranges.[1]

This herbaceous perennial[2] that sends up thin, hairy stems from a basal rosette of fuzzy leaves. It bears small flowers with four bright purplish-pink petals.

Uncommon in the wild, it is often grown as an attractive, sweet-scented flowering garden plant. There are several cultivars bred for garden use. The cultivar 'Frühlingszauber' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rix, Alison (2012-03-30). "Joseph Hooker and Curtis's Botanical Magazine". Curtis's Botanical Magazine 29 (1): 86–104. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8748.2012.01773.x. ISSN 1355-4905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.2012.01773.x. 
  2. ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ARBL. 
  3. ↑ "Arabis blepharophylla 'Frühlingszauber'". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/112688/Arabis-blepharophylla-Fruhlingszauber/Details. Retrieved 12 April 2020. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q159779 entry




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