Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

Thale Cress

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Arabidopsis thaliana

Description: An uninteresting-looking little plant with a rosette of leaves, thin stems and small white flowers, found on the rock exposures of the basalt scarp of Co.s Antrim and Londonderry. Also frequent as a weed of gardens, cemeteries, parks and roadsides; on paths, wall-tops and in flower beds.

All names: Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.; Arabis thaliana L.; Sisymbrium thalianum (L.) Gay

Distribution Map from NBN: Arabidopsis thaliana at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Arabidopsis thaliana at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Arabidopsis thaliana. (L.) Heynh.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2913. Accessed on 2026-11-02.