Arabis patens Sull.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Brassicaceae

• Scientific Name

  Arabis patens Sull.

• Description

  Species Description - Biennial or short-lived perennial 3–6 dm, the herbage hirsute with simple hairs, or also some forked ones on the stem; cauline lvs lanceolate or lance-oblong to lance-ovate, 2–5 cm, usually rounded to the broadly clasping base, coarsely serrate chiefly below the middle, or the upper lvs entire, hirsute with simple hairs on both sides; pet white, 6–9 mm; pedicels at maturity widely ascending, glabrous, 10–16 mm; frs widely ascending or spreading, linear, flat, 2.5–4 cm × 1 mm, the valves sharply 1-nerved usually to the tip; seeds oblong, narrowly winged. Moist rocky woods; Pa. to Ind., s. to w. N.C., Ala., and e. Tenn. May.