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desert rockcress
Boechera formosa
Boechera formosa
desert rockcress Mustard Family
Boechera formosa Brassicaceae
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common names
  desert rockcress
  beautiful rockcress
accepted scientific name
  •Boechera formosa (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
rules for finding collection records
  Arabis formosa (2)
  Arabis pulchra pallens (143)
  Boechera formosa (304)
  Boechera pulchra pallens (51)
family name
  • Brassicaceae
Image Author: ©2009 Alan J. Hahn
Image License: Owner's permission
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Four petals
Petal colors: color color color
Flower size is about 0.6 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Basal
Plant Observed 3rd week of March thru end of June

How Likely at this Location (12%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (45%)
base map where plant found
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Desert
Sand
Brush
Rocky
Forest
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present