Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.
Indigenous

Morphological description

Slender annual or biennial herbs 5-25 cm high; lower part of stem densely puberulous with spreading simple hairs and sometimes with some branched hairs; upper part of stem glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Leaves mostly crowded into a rosette, 1-4 cm long, obovate to oblanceolate, entire or weakly dentate, petiolate; petiole with mostly simple hairs, blade on both surfaces scabro-puberulous with branched hairs; stem leaves few and small, sessile, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, usually entire, glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Raceme dense in flower, lax in fruit. Pedicels 0.5-1.2 cm long in fruit, slender, ascending or wide-spreading. Siliquae 1-2 cm long, 0.6-0.8 mm broad, linear; valves rounded on the back, 1-nerved; style very short. Seeds c.0.5 mm long, oblong, brown. From: Marais, W. 1970. Cruciferae. Fl. S. Africa 13: 1-118. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Usually found in poor, lime-free soil. From: Marais, W. 1970. Cruciferae. Fl. S. Africa 13: 1-118. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Distributed from northern Europe to north and central Asia and to Japan, spreading through the Mediterranean area into the mountains of east Africa. Naturalized in North America, South Africa and Australia. From: Marais, W. 1970. Cruciferae. Fl. S. Africa 13: 1-118. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Altitude

450 to 1850 m

Occurrence records map

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

FSA

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BOT

NAM

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LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

Published in: Fl. Sachsen: 538 (1842)

Synonym(s)

Arabis thaliana L.


Sisymbrium thalianum J.Gay ex Monnard


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SPECIES thaliana

7 results for Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0414699-0 Collector(s) & number: Zeyher, CLP, 1899B | 1830-9-

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; ZWARTEBERG; AROUND THE BATHS

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Barcode: PRE0650590-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Wyk, AE, 6448 | 1983-8-26

South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAKWALAND; SPEKTAKELBERG; NARIESPLAAS, TUSSEN KLEINSEE EN SPRINGBOK

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Barcode: PRE0458576-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 16526 | 1952-10-28

South Africa, Eastern Cape, MIDDELBURG DIST.; SNEEUWBERG; GORDONVILLE

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Barcode: PRE0414702-0 Collector(s) & number: Zeyher, CLP, 1899A | 1830-8-

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; ZWARTEBERG; IN DIE OMGEWING VAN DIE BAD

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Barcode: PRE0414700-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 6561 | 1941-11-6

South Africa, Cape Province, UNIONDALE DIV.; HOOPSBERG

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Barcode: NBG1467640-0 Collector(s) & number: Deacon, JMJ, 5099 | 2016-9-27

South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres. NE side of Waboomsberg near waterfall, growing along the river.

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Observation records

Date: 7/26/2013 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape

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Plant occurence records per dataset

Plant occurence records per year

Occurrence records map

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1970

FLORA

Cruciferae Marais, W

Flora of Southern Africa 13: 1-118

Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria

1997

BOOK

A molecular study of y-aminobutyric acid synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana under abiotic stress. Molatudi, Mohohlo N.

Harry Molteno Library

Durban : University of Natal, 1997.

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