Calflora Taxon Report
Arabis platysperma  A. Gray

(not an active name)
Broad seeded rock cress,   Pioneer rockcress
Arabis platysperma is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Boechera platysperma
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: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
OTHERArabis conferta
OTHERArabis oligantha
JEFBoechera platysperma
Information about Arabis platysperma from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (ARPL)

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