Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

(L.) Heynh. Species

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Botanical name
Arabidopsis thaliana
Also known as
Common Wall Cress, Mouse-Ear Cress, Mouseear Cress, Thale Cress, Thalius' Cress, Wall Cress
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Arabidopsis
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Wall Cress

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Arabidopsis thaliana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Arabidopsis thaliana var. apetala Arabidopsis thaliana var. brachycarpa Arabidopsis thaliana var. genuina Arabidopsis thaliana var. pusilla Arabidopsis thaliana var. thaliana Arabis arcuata Arabis parviflora Arabis pubicalyx Arabis pubicalyx var. soyensis Arabis ramosa Arabis scabra Arabis thaliana Arabis thaliana var. dentata Arabis thaliana var. pubicalyx Arabis thaliana var. vulgaris Arabis zeyheriana Cardamine pusilla Conringia thaliana Conringia thaliana Crucifera thaliana Erysimum pubicalyx Erysimum thalianum Hesperis thaliana Nasturtium thaliana Phryne gesneri Pilosella thaliana Sisymbrium pumilio Sisymbrium simplicissimum Sisymbrium thalianum Sisymbrium thalianum Stenophragma thalianum

Others in Arabidopsis

Arabidopsis arenicola
Arctic Rockcress
Arabidopsis arenosa
Sand Rockcress
Arabidopsis arenosa subsp. arenosa
Arabidopsis arenosa subsp. borbasii
Arabidopsis cebennensis
Arabidopsis croatica
Arabidopsis halleri
Arabidopsis halleri subsp. dacica

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