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Arabis caucasica is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) known by the common names garden arabis,[3] mountain rock cress or Caucasian rockcress.

Arabis caucasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Arabis
Species:
A. caucasica
Binomial name
Arabis caucasica
Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Arabis albida Steven ex M.Bieb.
    • Arabis alpina var. flavescens Griseb.
    • Arabis billardieri DC.
    • Arabis caucasica subsp. flavescens (Griseb.) F.K.Mey.
    • Arabis colchica Kolak.
    • Arabis dolichothrix (N.Busch) N.Busch
    • Arabis longifolia DC.
    • Arabis olympica Sibth. ex DC.
    • Arabis sicula Steven
    • Arabis tenorei A.Huet ex Nyman
    • Arabis thyrsoidea Sm.
    • Arabis viscosa DC.
    • Cardamine viscosa S.G.Gmel. ex DC.
    • Cheiranthus mollis Hornem.
    • Crucifera albida E.H.L.Krause
    • Erysimum albidum (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Kuntze
    • Turritis verna Lam.

Distribution


It is native to south eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. It is also present in the Madeira Archipelago.


Description


This is an evergreen perennial herb growing to 0.2 m (0 ft 8in) by 1 m (3 ft 3in), flowering in early spring, with white hermaphrodite flowers, pollinated by bees.


Cultivation


It is hardy to zones 4-9 and is not frost tender. A popular ornamental garden plant for its early flowers, cultivars include the pink 'Compinkie'. Under its putative synonym A. alpina subsp. caucasica, the cultivars 'Flore Pleno' [4] and 'Schneehaube'[5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


See also



References


  1. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 45 (1814)
  2. "Arabis caucasica Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica 'Flore Pleno'". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica 'Schneehaube'". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.



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