Brassicaceae
False candytuft
Smelowskia borealis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Smelowskia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- False candytuft
Synonyms
- Acroschizocarpus kolianus Gombocz
- Christolea borealis (Greene) Jafiri
- Ermania borealis (Greene) Hultén
- Melanidion boreale Greene
- Smelowskia borealis subsp. borealis
- Smelowskia borealis var. borealis
- Smelowskia borealis var. jordalii W.H.Drury & Rollins
- Smelowskia borealis var. koliana (Gombocz) W.H.Drury & Rollins
- Smelowskia borealis var. villosa W.H.Drury & Rollins
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.