Brassicaceae
Purple sicklepod rockcress
Boechera atrorubens
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Boechera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple sicklepod rockcress
Synonyms
- Arabis atriflora Suksd.
- Arabis atrorubens Suksd. ex Greene
- Arabis sparsiflora var. atrorubens (Greene) Rollins
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.