Brassicaceae
Rockcress
Arabidopsis arenosa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Arabidopsis
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- ارابيدوبسيس ارينوسا
- Belarusian
- Разушка пясчаная
- Croatian
- Pješčarska gušarka
- Czech
- Řeřišničník písečný
- Dutch
- Rozetsteenkers
- English
- Rockcress, Sand rock-cress
- Estonian
- Harilik liivrohi
- Finnish
- Hietalituruoho, Hietapitkäpalko
- French
- Arabette des sables
- German
- Sand-Schaumkresse, Sand-Schmalwand, Gewöhnliche Sand-Schaumkresse, Sand-Schotenkresse
- hsb
- Pěskowa husowka
- Italian
- Arabetta delle sabbie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sandskrinneblom
- Polish
- Rzodkiewnik piaskowy
- Russian
- Резушка песчаная, Кардаминопсис песчаный, Резуха песчаная, Резуховидник песчаный, Сердечниковидник песчаный
- Slovenian
- Peskovni penušnjek
- Swedish
- Sandtrav
Synonyms
- Arabis arenaria Schrank
- Arabis halleri Luce
- Cardamine arenosa (L.) Roth
- Cardamine petraea Townson
- Cardaminopsis carpatica Mesicek
- Crucifera arenosa E.H.L.Krause
- Stenophragma arenosum B.Fedtsch.
- Turritis arenosa Lapeyr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: introduced
Photos
Photo: Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:12, 18 August 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.