Sibara

Sibara, Virginia Rockcress

[Sibara virginica (L.) Rollins]

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

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Sibara, Virginia Rockcress: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; not in Weeds of the Northeast)

winter annual weed with basal rosette of shiny, reddish to purple to dark green pinnately lobed leaves with larger terminal lobe
grows 6-12" tall and equally wide or wider--spreading growth habit
inflorescence often terminal racemes on horizontally-spreading branches with tiny white flowers
seed pods are flattened with rounded tip; usually reddish purple to dark green about 0.25-1" long
common in cultivated crops, warm-season turf, non-crop areas
similar to hairy bittercress, but sibara stems and leaves with less hairs and fruit siliques are more flattened on sibara