Species: Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)

Family: Cabbages (BRASSICACEAE or CRUCIFERAE)

Category: Flowering Plants

Location: NW

A. Flowering Plants

More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.

B. Cabbages (BRASSICACEAE or CRUCIFERAE)

This family has many agricultural plants of culinary usefulness, each with the characteristic four-petalled cruciform flowers.

C. Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)

The white leaves of this native cress appear in March. It has elliptical toothed root leaves.