Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Arabis pulchra var. pulchra

Arabis pulchra M.E. Jones ex S. Watson var. pulchra

Beautiful Rockcress, Beauty Rock Cress

Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

Synonym(s): Boechera pulchra

USDA Symbol: ARPUP2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Silique
Size Notes: Up to about 30 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Purple
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun
Bloom Notes: Rarely white.

Distribution

USA: CA , NV
Native Habitat: Rocky, gravelly or sandy slopes in chaparral, sagebrush and desert scrub communities.

Web Reference

Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) Calflora
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Arabis pulchra var. pulchra in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Arabis pulchra var. pulchra in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Arabis pulchra var. pulchra

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-10-27
Research By: CBR

Go back