Arabis pulchra Calflora

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Taxon Report

Arabis pulchra M. E. Jones ex S. Watson

(not an active name)

Beautiful rock cress, Beauty rockcress, Prince s rock cress

2001 Larry Blakely

2002 Ken Gilliland

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

also called Boechera pulchra


	Plant Range Observation Search ~680 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Boechera pulchra

Information about Arabis pulchra from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (ARPU2) 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
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/19/2024).