Calflora Taxon Report
Arabis sparsiflora  Nutt.

(not an active name)
Elegant rock cress,   Sicklepod rock cress,   Sicklepod rockcress
Arabis sparsiflora is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Boechera sparsiflora
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Arabis
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Northern Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
JEFBoechera sparsiflora
Information about Arabis sparsiflora from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.

USDA PLANTS Profile (ARSP)

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