Brassicaceae

Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Arabidopsis

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Arabidopsis lyrata (Arabidopsis lyrata) — FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 深山南芥, 琴叶拟南芥
Icelandic: Melablóm
Norwegian Bokmål: Aurskrinneblom

Synonyms

Arabis lyrata f. parvisiliqua M.Hopkins
Arabis lyrata var. lyrata
Cardamine spathulata Michx.
Erysimum lyratum (L.) Kuntze
Hesperis humifusa (J.Vahl) Kuntze
Sisymbrium arabidoides Hook.

Flowers

In flower: April to July (from 1,210 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert M Hallock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yuki Mitsui, Michihiko Shimomura, Kenji Komatsu, Nobukazu Namiki, Mari Shibata-H, CC BY 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). About our plant data.