Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.
(Hairy Rock-cress)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
GenusArabis (rock cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress) :
1: Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
27 May 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Basal leaf rosetteImage 2: Basal rosette - immature plantImage 3: Basal rosettes - immature plantsImage 4: Flowering plant - oblique viewImage 5: Flowering plant - side viewImage 6: Flowering plant - side view (2)Image 7: Inflorescence - side view - close-up - white backgroundImage 8: Inflorescence - side view - white backgroundImage 9: Leaf - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Stem portion - close-up - enlarged - white background
2: Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
15 Jun 2010 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
in gryke of limestone pavement
Image 1: Basal rosette - close-upImage 2: Basal rosette - close-up (2)Image 3: Inflorescence - close-upImage 4: In situImage 5: In situ - close-up
3: Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
31 Jul 2007 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Good number of plants with unripe and ripe fruits and a small number of late flowers, along and beside old tarmac path
Image 1: Basal leaf - close-upImage 2: Basal rosetteImage 3: Plant with ripe fruit - in situImage 4: Plant with ripe fruit - in situ - close-upImage 5: Plant with unripe fruits - in situImage 6: Pods - close-up - grey backgroundImage 7: Cauline leaves - white backgroundImage 8: Flower and buds - side view - highly enlargedImage 9: Flower buds, shrivelled flower and fruit tips - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Flower - side view - highly enlargedImage 11: Flower - side view - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: Flower - top view - highly enlargedImage 13: Fruiting shoot - white backgroundImage 14: Fruits - white backgroundImage 15: Leaf surface showing stomata and trichomes - magnifiedImage 16: Leaf tip showing trichomes - magnifiedImage 17: Pod apices - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 18: Seeds - unripe - in half-opened pod - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Seeds - unripe - in half-opened pod - magnifiedImage 20: Shrivelled flower and buds - close-up - highly enlargedImage 21: Basal leaf - top surface cell structure - microscope low magnificationImage 22: Basal leaf - top surface cell structure - microscope low magnification (2)Image 23: Basal leaf - top surface cell structure - microscope low magnification (3)Image 24: Basal leaf - under surface cell structure - microscope low magnificationImage 25: Basal leaf - under surface cell structure - microscope low magnification (2)Image 26: Basal leaf - under surface cell structure - microscope low magnification (3)

Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arabis hirsuta (Hairy Rock-cress)
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