Arabis holboellii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Arabis holboellii Hornem.

Holboell's rock cress, Holboell's rockcress

2007 Dr. Mark S. Brunell

2007 Norman Jensen

2009 Gary A. Monroe

Arabis holboellii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~207 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Arabis
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Boechera holboellii
POWO	Boechera holboellii

Information about Arabis holboellii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (ARHO2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: The specific epithet commemorates Carl Peter Holbøll - a Danish civil servant and early explorer of the fauna of Greenland. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/16/2025).