Brassicaceae

Smooth rockcress

Borodinia laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) P.J.Alexander & Windham

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Borodinia

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Smooth rockcress: Photo of Boechera laevigata in flower. This is a native plant growing wild on Theodore Roosevelt Island, in Washington, D.C., USA. This species is a member of t — Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Smooth rockcress

Synonyms

Arabis hastata Eaton
Arabis heterophylla Nutt.
Arabis laevigata Hook.
Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.
Arabis laevigata var. heterophylla (Nutt.) Farw.
Arabis laevigata var. laciniata Torr. & A.Gray
Arabis laevigata var. laevigata
Arabis laevigata var. minor Porter ex Alph.Wood
Arabis levigata Poir.
Arabis lyraefolia DC.
Arabis viridis var. heterophylla (Nutt.) Farw.
Boechera laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Al-Shehbaz
Erysimum laevigatum Kuntze
Turritis laevigata Muhl. ex Willd.

Photos

Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.