Common Name: mouse-ear cressScientific Name: Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced winter annual, reproducing by seed Stemsreproductive, upright, branch or unbranched, pubescent, single or multiple form base Leavesbasal rosette, oblanceolate or oblong, entire or slightly toothed, pubescent with star-shaped hairs, stem leaves smaller, sessile, entire Flowers4-petaled, white, terminal and axillary racemes, compact becoming elongated in fruit Seed Podssilique, cylindrical, narrow, long