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Arabidopsis lyrata
Also called Lyre Leaved Rockcress, Lyrate Leaf Rockcress, Lyre Leaf Rockcress, Lyreleaf Rockcress, Lyre Leaved Rock Cress
Lyrate rockcress is a small, low-growing wildflower in the cabbage family, closely related to the lab model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. It thrives in lean, rocky, well-drained ground with little competition from other plants.
Arabidopsis lyrata, the lyrate rockcress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, closely related to the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana.
Arabidopsis lyrata is found largely in subarctic or subalpine environments with thin soils, such as rock faces, eskers and talus slopes, or exposed coastal zones. Individual plants may form solitary rosettes, and are able to reproduce asexually through clonal patches. Lastly, Arabidopsis does not survive in agro-ecosystems in which weeds are rampant; it performs best under low competition and therefore has a life cycle that depends on germination, growth, and the setting of seeds in a very short amount of time before other species of plants can prevent light access.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arabidopsis lyrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
