Arabis alpina
Alpine Rock Cress, Alpine Rockcress
Also known as: Arabidium alpinum (L.) Fourr. +11 more
- Arabidium alpinum (L.) Fourr.
- Arabis albida Steven
- Arabis alpina f. alpina
- Arabis alpina var. albida (Steven) Paoletti
- Arabis alpina var. declinata (Tausch) Rouy & Foucaud, 1893
- Arabis alpina var. ruderalis Wormskjold
- Arabis cuneifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Arabis declinata Tausch
- Arabis janitrix Quézel
- Arabis lechenfeldiana Schur
- Arabis merinoi Pau ex Merino, 1904
- Arabis sicula A.Huet ex Reut.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Brassicaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, Arabis alpina (commonly known as Alpine Rock-Cress) is a shrub belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
East Tropical Africa, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern Europe, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Norway, Nunavut, Poland, Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Argentina South, Baltic States, Buryatiya, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms