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Questions and Answers: 2022

Question: Hi! I had trouble finding this guy through the key. I found it growing in a coastal woodland habitat. Thanks …

  • Question

    Hi! I had trouble finding this guy through the key. I found it growing in a coastal woodland habitat. Thanks for all your help despite my living outside New England. (LI, NY)

    Answer

    Dear NativesEnthusiast, good evening. You have photographed Teesdalia nudicaulis (common shepherd's-cress). This is a small mustard with dimorphic petals (the outer two are larger than the inner two) and a rosette of lobed leaves. It is found uncommonly in southern New England.