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Brassicaceae[FNA7, HC2](Mustard Family)
Synonyms:
Cruciferae[HC] 

Notes: Our taxonomy and nomenclature follows the treatments of Flora of North America Vol. 7 (2010) and Rollins (1993a, 1993b, 1993c), unless otherwise noted.

References:

» Ronse Decraene, L-P. and J. R. Akeroyd. 1988. Generic limits in Polygonum and related genera (Polygonaceae) on the basis of floral characters. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 321-371.

Family information last updated 4/19/2020 by David Giblin.

Taxon (native taxa in boldface)
Common Names
# Synonyms
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande[FNA7, HC2]
garlic mustard
1 synonym
Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
small alyssum, pale madwort
0 synonyms
Alyssum desertorum Stapf[FNA7, HC, HC2]
desert alyssum
0 synonyms
Arabidopsis kamchatica (Fisch. ex DC.) K. Shimizu & Kudoh[HC2]
kamchatka rockcress, lyre-leaved rockcress, western rockcress
5 synonyms
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
mouse-ear cress, thalecress
0 synonyms
Arabis caucasica Willd.[FNA7, HC2]
mountain rockcress
0 synonyms
Arabis crucisetosa Constance & Rollins[FNA7, HC, HC2]
crosshaired rockcress
0 synonyms
Arabis eschscholtziana Andrz.[FNA7, HC2]
hairy rockcress, Pacific coast rockcress
3 synonyms
Arabis furcata S. Watson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Cascade rockcress, Columbia Gorge rockcress, fork-haired rockcress
2 synonyms
Arabis nuttallii (Kuntze) B.L. Rob.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Nuttall's rockcress
3 synonyms
Arabis olympica Piper[FNA7, HC2]
Olympics rockcress
1 synonym
Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.[FNA7, HC2]
horseradish
1 synonym
Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene[FNA7, HC, HC2]
sandweed
3 synonyms
Aubrieta deltoidea (L.) DC.[FNA7, HC2]
rockcress
0 synonyms
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
American wintercress rocket, yellow rocket
4 synonyms
Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Belle Isle cress, landcress, early yellow rocket, early wintercress
4 synonyms
Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
yellow rocket, bitter wintercress
5 synonyms
Berteroa incana (L.) DC.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
hoary alyssum
1 synonym
Boechera atrorubens (Suksd. ex Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
dark-red-flowered rockcress
2 synonyms
Boechera calderi (G.A. Mulligan) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Calder's rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera cascadensis Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Cascades rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera cusickii (S. Watson) Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Cusick's rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera divaricarpa (A. Nelson) Á. Löve & D. Löve[FNA7, HC2]
spreading-pod rockcress
2 synonyms
Boechera grahamii (Lehm.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Graham's rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera lemmonii (S. Watson) W.A. Weber[FNA7, HC2]
Lemmon's rockcress
2 synonyms
Boechera lyallii (S. Watson) Dorn[FNA7, HC2]
Lyall's rockcress, murry's rockcress
3 synonyms
Boechera microphylla (Nutt.) Dorn[FNA7, HC2]
little-leaf rockcress, small-leaved rockcress
2 synonyms
Boechera paddoensis (Rollins) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Mt. Adams rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera pauciflora (Nutt.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Columbia rockcress, few-flowered rockcress, small-flowered rockcress
4 synonyms
Boechera paupercula (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
small-flowered rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera pendulocarpa (A. Nelson) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
dangle-pod rockcress
2 synonyms
Boechera polyantha (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
many-flowered rockcress
0 synonyms
Boechera puberula (Nutt.) Dorn[FNA7, HC2]
Blue Mountain rockcress, hoary rockcress
1 synonym
Boechera retrofracta (Graham) Á. Löve & D. Löve[FNA7, HC2]
reflexed rockcress
6 synonyms
Boechera sparsiflora (Nutt.) Dorn[FNA7, HC2]
elegant rockcress, slender rockcress
7 synonyms
Boechera stricta (Graham) Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Canadian rockcress, Drummond's rockcress
3 synonyms
Boechera suffrutescens (S. Watson) Dorn[FNA7, HC2]
woody rockcress
1 synonym
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
brown mustard, leaf mustard
4 synonyms
Brassica napus L.[FNA7, HC2]
rapeseed
1 synonym
Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch[WTU]
black mustard
2 synonyms
Brassica oleracea L.[FNA7, HC2]
cabbage, wild cabbage
1 synonym
Brassica rapa L.[FNA7, HC2]
common mustard, field mustard, wild turnip
3 synonyms
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
American sea-rocket
0 synonyms
var. edentula[FNA7, HC2, KZ99]
American sea-rocket
1 synonym
Cakile maritima Scop.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
European sea-rocket
1 synonym
ssp. maritima[FNA7, HC2]
European sea-rocket
0 synonyms
Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
hairy false flax, littlepod false flax
1 synonym
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
shepherd's-purse
1 synonym
Cardamine angulata Hook.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
angled bittercress, seaside bittercress
4 synonyms
Cardamine bellidifolia L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
alpine bittercress
2 synonyms
Cardamine breweri S. Watson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Brewer's bittercress
7 synonyms
Cardamine cordifolia A. Gray[FNA7, HC, HC2]
heart-leaved bittercress, large mountain bittercress, Lyall's bittercress
3 synonyms
Cardamine flexuosa With.[FNA7, HC2]
wavy bittercress
4 synonyms
Cardamine hirsuta L.[FNA7, HC2]
hairy bittercress, shotweed
0 synonyms
Cardamine nuttallii Greene[FNA7, HC2]
beautiful bittercress, Nuttall's toothwort, slender toothwort
10 synonyms
Cardamine occidentalis (S. Watson) Howell[FNA7, HC, HC2]
western bittercress
2 synonyms
Cardamine occulta Hornem.[HC2]
wood bittercress
1 synonym
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
few-seeded bittercress, little western bittercress
1 synonym
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Pennsylvania bittercress, quaker bittercress
3 synonyms
Cardamine pratensis L.[FNA7, HC2]
cuckooflower
1 synonym
Cardamine umbellata Greene[FNA7, HC2]
Siberian bittercress, umbellate bittercress
1 synonym
Caulanthus lasiophyllus (Hook. & Arn.) Payson[FNA7, HC2]
wild cabbage, California mustard
5 synonyms
Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
crossflower, blue mustard
2 synonyms
Cochlearia groenlandica L.[FNA7, HC2]
Danish scurvy-grass, spoonwort
5 synonyms
Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
hare's-ear mustard, treacle mustard
0 synonyms
Cusickiella douglasii (A. Gray) Rollins[FNA7, HC2]
alkali false whitlow-grass, Douglas' whitlow-grass
1 synonym
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Dorn[FNA7, HC2, JPM]
mountain tansymustard
3 synonyms
Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton[FNA7, HC2]
cut-leaved tansymustard
0 synonyms
ssp. incisa[FNA7, HC2]
cut-leaved tansymustard
7 synonyms
Descurainia longepedicellata (E. Fourn.) O.E. Schulz[FNA7, HC2]
mountain tansymustard, narrow tansymustard, sticky tansymustard
3 synonyms
Descurainia nelsonii (Rydb.) Al-Shehbaz & Goodson[FNA7, HC2]
Nelson's tansymustard, sagebrush tansymustard
2 synonyms
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
western tansymustard
0 synonyms
ssp. brachycarpa (Richardson) Detling[FNA7, HC2]
shortpod tansymustard, western tansymustard
4 synonyms
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl[FNA7, HC, HC2]
flixweed
0 synonyms
Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC.[FNA7, HC2]
slimleaf wall rocket
0 synonyms
Draba albertina Greene[FNA7, HC2]
Alaska draba, slender whitlow-grass
3 synonyms
Draba aurea Vahl ex Hornem.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
golden draba, golden whitlow-grass
3 synonyms
Draba aureola S. Watson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
alpine whitlow-grass, great alpine whitlow-grass, Mt. Lassen whitlow-grass
1 synonym
Draba cana Rydb.[FNA7, HC2]
lance-leaved draba
2 synonyms
Draba crassifolia Graham[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Rocky Mountain draba, thick-leaved draba, snowbed whitlow-grass
2 synonyms
Draba densifolia Nutt.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Nuttall's draba, dense-leaf whitlow-grass
5 synonyms
Draba incerta Payson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
whitlow-wort, Yellowstone draba whitlow-wort
6 synonyms
Draba lonchocarpa Rydb.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
lancefruit draba, whitlow-wort
9 synonyms
Draba nemorosa L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
woods draba, woodland whitlow-grass
4 synonyms
Draba novolympica Payson & H. St. John[FNA7, HC2]
Payson's draba, Payson's whitlow-grass
1 synonym
Draba platycarpa Torr. & A. Gray[FNA7, HC2]
broad-pod whitlow-grass
2 synonyms
Draba praealta Greene[FNA7, HC, HC2]
tall whitlow-grass
5 synonyms
Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Carolina whitlow-grass
6 synonyms
Draba ruaxes Payson & H. St. John[FNA7, HC2]
coast mountain draba, coast mountain whitlow-grass
1 synonym
Draba stenoloba Ledeb.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Alaska whitlow-grass
5 synonyms
Draba taylorii G.A.Mulligan & Al-Shehbaz[HC2]
Taylor's draba, Taylor's whitlow-grass
0 synonyms
Draba thompsonii (C.L. Hitchc.) G.A. Mulligan & Al-Shehbaz[HC2]
Thompson's draba
2 synonyms
Draba verna L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
spring whitlow-grass
6 synonyms
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav.[FNA7, HC2]
arugula
0 synonyms
ssp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.[FNA7, HC2]
garden rocket
2 synonyms
Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E. Schulz[FNA7, HC, HC2]
dog mustard, hairy rocket
2 synonyms
Erysimum arenicola S. Watson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
sand-dwelling wallflower
4 synonyms
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene[FNA7, HC2, Peck]
sand dune wallflower
1 synonym
var. capitatum[FNA7, HC2]
prairie rocket, rough wallflower
3 synonyms
Erysimum cheiranthoides L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
treacle mustard, wormseed wallflower
2 synonyms
Erysimum cheiri (L.) Crantz[FNA7, HC2]
Aegean wallflower
1 synonym
Erysimum occidentale (S. Watson) B.L. Rob.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
pale wallflower, western wallflower
2 synonyms
Erysimum repandum L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
spreading wallflower
1 synonym
Euclidium syriacum (L.) W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
euclidium, Syrian mustard
2 synonyms
Hesperis matronalis L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
mother-of-the-evening, dame's rocket
0 synonyms
Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Foss.[FNA7, HC2]
Mediterranean hoary mustard, short-podded mustard, summer mustard
1 synonym
Hornungia procumbens (L.) Hayek[FNA7, HC2]
hutchinsia, prostrate hutchinsia, ovalpurse
7 synonyms
Idahoa scapigera (Hook.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
flatpod, scalepod
1 synonym
Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
globepodded hoarycress, whitetop
3 synonyms
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
field cress, field peppergrass, pepperwort
2 synonyms
Lepidium chalepense L.[FNA7, HC2]
chalapa hoarycress, lens-podded hoarycress, Asian white-top
6 synonyms
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
common peppergrass, elongate peppergrass, hairy-fruited peppergrass, large-fruited peppergrass, prairie peppergrass
7 synonyms
Lepidium dictyotum A. Gray[FNA7, HC, HC2]
alkali peppergrass, veiny peppergrass
1 synonym
Lepidium didymum L.[FNA7, HC2]
lesser swinecress, lesser wartcress
1 synonym
Lepidium draba L.[FNA7, HC2]
heart-podded hoarycress, hoary pepperwort
3 synonyms
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
purple-anther pepperweed, Smith's pepperweed
0 synonyms
Lepidium latifolium L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
dittander, broad-leaved peppergrass, broad-leaved pepperwort
1 synonym
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
shining peppergrass
4 synonyms
Lepidium oblongum Small[FNA7, HC2]
oblong pepperweed
0 synonyms
Lepidium oxycarpum Torr. & A. Gray[FNA7, HC, HC2]
forked pepperwort, sharpfruited pepperwort
1 synonym
Lepidium perfoliatum L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
clasping-leaved peppergrass, round-leaved peppergrass, yellow-flowered peppergrass
1 synonym
Lepidium ramosissimum A. Nelson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
branched peppergrass
2 synonyms
Lepidium strictum (S. Watson) Rattan[FNA7, HC, HC2]
upright peppergrass
0 synonyms
Lepidium virginicum L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
tall pepperweed
0 synonyms
ssp. menziesii (DC.) Thell.[FNA7, HC2]
coastal peppergrass, hairy peppergrass
8 synonyms
ssp. virginicum[FNA7, HC2]
tall peppergrass
2 synonyms
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
sweet alyssum
3 synonyms
Lunaria annua L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
honesty, money plant
2 synonyms
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC2]
hoary stock
0 synonyms
Matthiola longipetala (Vent.) DC.[FNA7, HC2]
 
0 synonyms
Nasturtium microphyllum Boenn. ex Rchb.[FNA7, HC2]
onerow watercress
0 synonyms
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC2]
watercress
2 synonyms
Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
ball mustard
1 synonym
Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub[FNA7, HC2]
wild candytuft, Fendler's pennycress
2 synonyms
ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch[FNA7, HC2]
wild candytuft
5 synonyms
Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz[WTU]
 
2 synonyms
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
daggerpod
8 synonyms
Physaria alpestris Suksd.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
alpine twinpod, Washington twinpod
1 synonym
Physaria didymocarpa (Hook.) A. Gray[FNA7, HC, HC2]
common twinpod
0 synonyms
ssp. didymocarpa[FNA7, HC2]
common twinpod
1 synonym
Physaria douglasii (S. Watson) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
Columbia bladderpod, Douglas' bladderpod
1 synonym
ssp. douglasii[FNA7, HC2]
Douglas's bladderpod
0 synonyms
ssp. tuplashensis (Rollins, K.A. Beck & Caplow) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
White Bluffs bladderpod
1 synonym
Physaria geyeri (Hook.) A. Gray[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Geyer's twinpod
3 synonyms
ssp. geyeri[FNA7, HC2]
double bladderpod, Geyer's twinpod bladderpod, Geyer's twinpod
1 synonym
Physaria occidentalis (S. Watson) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
western bladderpod
1 synonym
ssp. occidentalis[FNA7, HC2]
western bladderpod
5 synonyms
Physaria oregona S. Watson[FNA7, HC2]
Oregon twinpod
3 synonyms
Polyctenium fremontii (S. Watson) Greene[FNA7, HC, HC2]
combleaf
1 synonym
Raphanus raphanistrum L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
jointed charlock, wild radish
0 synonyms
Raphanus sativus L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
garden radish
0 synonyms
Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Besser[FNA7, HC2]
Austrian yellowcress field-cress
4 synonyms
Rorippa columbiae (S. Watson) Howell[FNA7, HC2]
Columbia yellowcress cress
5 synonyms
Rorippa curvipes Greene[FNA7, HC2]
blunt-leaved yellowcress, truncate yellowcress
4 synonyms
Rorippa curvisiliqua (Hook.) Bessey ex Britton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
western yellowcress
7 synonyms
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser[FNA7, HC2]
bog yellowcress, marsh yellowcress
3 synonyms
ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell[FNA7, HC2, KZ99]
hipsid bog yellowcress
2 synonyms
ssp. palustris[FNA7, HC2]
bog yellowcress
8 synonyms
Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) Hitchc.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
spreading yellowcress
0 synonyms
Rorippa sphaerocarpa (A. Gray) Britton[HC2, FNA7]
roundfruit yellowcress
1 synonym
Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser[FNA7, HC, HC2]
creeping yellowcress
0 synonyms
Rorippa tenerrima Greene[FNA7, HC2]
Modoc yellowcress
0 synonyms
Sandbergia perplexa (L.F. Hend.) Al-Shehbaz[FNA7, HC2]
puzzling halimolobos
5 synonyms
Sandbergia whitedii (Piper) Greene[FNA7, HC2]
fissurewort, whited's halimolobos fissurewort
2 synonyms
Sinapis arvensis L.[WTU]
charlock, corn mustard, wild mustard
6 synonyms
Sisymbrium altissimum L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Jim Hill mustard, tumble mustard, tall rocket
0 synonyms
Sisymbrium linifolium (Nutt.) Nutt.[FNA7, HC2]
lava cress, rush mustard, flax-leaved plains mustard, Salmon River plains mustard
3 synonyms
Sisymbrium loeselii L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
false London rocket, Loesel's tumblemustard
0 synonyms
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
hedge mustard
3 synonyms
Smelowskia americana Rydb.[FNA7, HC2]
alpine smelowskia, Siberian smelowskia
2 synonyms
Smelowskia ovalis M.E. Jones[FNA7, HC, HC2]
short-fruited smelowskia
1 synonym
Streptanthella longirostris (S. Watson) Rydb.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
long-beaked fiddle mustard, streptanthella
1 synonym
Subularia aquatica L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
water awl-wort
0 synonyms
ssp. americana G.A. Mulligan & Calder[FNA7, HC2]
awlwort
1 synonym
Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) W.T. Aiton[FNA7, HC, HC2]
shepherd's cress
1 synonym
Thelypodium howellii S. Watson[FNA7, HC, HC2]
Howell's thelypody
0 synonyms
ssp. howellii[FNA7, HC2]
Howell's thelypody
0 synonyms
Thelypodium integrifolium (Nutt.) Endl.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
entire-leaved thelypody
0 synonyms
ssp. integrifolium[FNA7, HC2]
entire-leaved thelypody
3 synonyms
Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
cut-leaf thelypody, thick-leaved thelypody
2 synonyms
Thelypodium milleflorum A. Nelson[FNA7, HC2]
many flowered thelypody
1 synonym
Thelypodium sagittatum (Nutt.) Endl.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
slender thelypody
0 synonyms
ssp. sagittatum[FNA7, HC2]
sagittate thelypody, slender thelypody
0 synonyms
Thlaspi arvense L.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
fanweed, field pennycress
1 synonym
Thysanocarpus curvipes Hook.[FNA7, HC, HC2]
sand fringepod, lacepod
2 synonyms
Turritis glabra L.[FNA7, HC2]
tower mustard
3 synonyms
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