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§1 Plant

Arabis drummondii A. Gray

vernacular Drummond's rockcress — species · Brassicaceae


USDA
ARDR
GBIF
3043392 syn.
Rank
species
Drummond's rockcress (Arabis drummondii)
Platephotograph · J StrakaCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Biennial, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Arabis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 83 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 83 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
60 min.
Precipitation
15–60 in/yr
pH range
5.4–7.4
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
5,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 83 counties across 13 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 7 N
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N
Maine view state ↗ 12 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N
Montana view state ↗ 15 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N
New York view state ↗ 15 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARDR ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3043392 ↗

Record version

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