Canada Rockcress

Borodinia canadensis

(L.) P.J.Alexander & Windham Species

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Botanical name
Borodinia canadensis
Also known as
Canada Rockcress, Sicklepod, Sicklepod Rockcress
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Borodinia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Canada Rockcress

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Other names for this plant

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

Arabis canadensis Arabis cheiranthifolia Arabis falcata Arabis mollis Arabis ovata Arabis sagittata var. ovata Boechera canadensis Erysimum canadense Erysimum canadense var. glabrescens Turritis canadensis Turritis lyrata Turritis ovata

Others in Borodinia

Borodinia burkii
Borodinia dentata
Short's Rockcress
Borodinia macrophylla
Borodinia laevigata
Smooth Rockcress
Borodinia missouriensis
Green Rockcress
Borodinia perstellata
Braun's Rockcress
Borodinia serotina

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