Brassicaceae
Mouse-ear cress
Arabidopsis thaliana
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Arabidopsis
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Common names
By language (44)
- Arabic
- رشاد أذن الفأر
- Armenian
- Արաբիդոպսիս ֆալիանա
- arz
- رشاد اذن الفار
- Belarusian
- Разухавідка Таля
- Catalan
- Arabette de thalius, Arabette des dames, Fausse Arabette
- Cebuano
- Arabidopsis
- Chinese
- 拟南芥, 阿拉伯芥, 拟南芥菜, 鼠耳芥
- Croatian
- Talijin uročnjak
- Czech
- Huseníček rolní, Huseníček Thalův
- Danish
- Almindelig Gåsemad
- Dutch
- Zandraket
- English
- Mouse-ear cress, Mouseear cress, Thale cress
- Estonian
- Harilik müürlook
- Finnish
- Lituruoho, Hentolituruoho
- French
- Arabette de thalius, Arabette des dames, Fausse Arabette, Arabette rameuse
- German
- Acker-Schmalwand, Schotenkresse, Ackerschmalwand, Arabette de thalius, Arabette des dames, Fausse Arabette, Gänserauke, Mausohrkresse
- Hebrew
- תודרנית לבנה, אראבידופסיס, ארבידופסיס, תודרנית
- hsb
- Rólna skopička
- Hungarian
- Lúdfű
- Icelandic
- Vorskriðnablóm
- Igbo
- Mouse-ear cress, Thale cress
- Irish
- Tailís
- Italian
- Arabetta Comune
- Japanese
- シロイヌナズナ, アラビドプシス
- Korean
- 애기장대
- Latvian
- Tāla sīkplikstiņš
- Lithuanian
- Baltažiedis vairenis, Arabette de thalius, Arabette des dames, Fausse Arabette
- Malayalam
- അറബിഡോപ്സിസ് താലിയാന
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårskrinneblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vårskrinneblom, A. thaliana
- Persian
- آرابیدوپسیس تالیانا, ارابیدوپسیس تالیانا
- Polish
- Rzodkiewnik pospolity
- Russian
- Резуховидка Таля, Арабидопсис
- se
- Guolbbadilla
- Slovak
- Arábkovka Thalova
- Slovenian
- Navadni repnjakovec
- smn
- Heeđâlmsyeini
- Spanish
- Oruga
- Swedish
- Backtrav, Arabette de thalius, Arabette des dames, Fausse Arabette
- Tamil
- அராபிடாப்சிசு தலியானா
- Ukrainian
- Арабідопсис, Різушка Таля
- vls
- Zandrakette
- war
- Arabidopsis
- Welsh
- Berwr y fagwyr
Synonyms
- Arabidopsis thaliana var. apetala O.E.Schulz
- Arabidopsis thaliana var. brachycarpa Andr.
- Arabidopsis thaliana var. genuina Briq.
- Arabidopsis thaliana var. pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) O.E.Schulz
- Arabidopsis thaliana var. thaliana
- Arabis arcuata Dulac
- Arabis parviflora Raf.
- Arabis pubicalyx Miq.
- Arabis pubicalyx var. soyensis H.Boissieu
- Arabis ramosa Lam.
- Arabis scabra Gilib.
- Arabis thaliana L.
- Arabis thaliana var. dentata Hartm.
- Arabis thaliana var. pubicalyx (Miq.) Makino
- Arabis thaliana var. vulgaris Hartm.
- Arabis zeyheriana Turcz.
- Cardamine pusilla Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Conringia thaliana Rchb.
- Conringia thaliana (L.) Rchb.
- Crucifera thaliana (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Erysimum pubicalyx (Miq.) Kuntze
- Erysimum thalianum (L.) Kitt.
- Hesperis thaliana (L.) Kuntze
- Nasturtium thaliana (L.) Andrz. ex DC.
- Phryne gesneri Bubani
- Pilosella thaliana (L.) Kostel. ex Rydb.
- Sisymbrium pumilio Oliv.
- Sisymbrium simplicissimum S.G.Gmel.
- Sisymbrium thalianum (L.) J.Gay
- Sisymbrium thalianum (L.) Gaudin
- Stenophragma thalianum (L.) Čelak.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,723 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Credit: Phyzome is Tim McCormack, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Ocampo, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dinomariobob, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Safflle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Preus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Reo On, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reo On, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.