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Brassicaceae FAMILY

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual
Growth—

Prefers open, light conditions in free-draining soil such as sand or sandy loam. The plant can complete its entire life-cycle in as little as six weeks. More than 99% of the flowers are self-fertilized, usually before they even open.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in situ. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Arabidopsis+thaliana>

Pollinators

Self, Insects

References

  1. [1]Flora of the British Isles. — Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. · Cambridge University Press · 1962 · ISBN - ↩︎A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
  2. [2]Flora of N. America — http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ ↩︎An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
  3. [3]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
  4. [4]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
  5. [5]Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). — Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. · 1986 · ISBN - ↩︎Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.
  6. [6]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 90 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 2003 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0026-6493 ↩︎A treatment of the genus Styrax, amongst many other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  7. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎