Borodinia missouriensis(Greene) P.J.Alexander & Windham

green rockcress

WFO wfo-0001336531 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Nathan Aaron
fig. a Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-27 / obs. 191447196
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. b Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115355777
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Kevin Wood
fig. c Kevin Wood, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35740651
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Miranda Kohout
fig. d Miranda Kohout, CC0 1.0 / obs. 33675140
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. e Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28887820
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Nathan Aaron
fig. f Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191447444
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. g Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28887825
Borodinia missouriensis, photographed by Nathan Aaron
fig. h Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191447334

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Borodinia missouriensis is native: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Wisconsin ArkansasConnecticutGeorgiaIllinoisKentuckyMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNew YorkNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaWisconsin
Native distribution of Borodinia missouriensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arkansas ARK NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Kentucky KTY
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Missouri MSO
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arabis laevigata var. missouriensis (Greene) H.E.Ahles
  • Arabis missouriensis Greene
  • Arabis missouriensis var. deamii (M.Hopkins) M.Hopkins
  • Arabis viridis Harger
  • Arabis viridis var. deamii M.Hopkins
  • Boechera missouriensis (Greene) Al-Shehbaz

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ARMI5. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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