subfamily
Brassicoideae
Brassicoideae
Field notes
Brassicoideae is a subfamily contained within the family Brassicaceae of flowering plants. It is one of the two subfamilies of Brassicaceae, along with Aethionemoideae, and contains five supertribes -- Arabodae, Brassicodae, Camelinodae, Heliophilodae, and Hesperodae. Containing the vast majority of genera and 98.6% of species within the mustard family, it has the same distribution as the family in general—that is, a cosmopolitan distribution focused on temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Brassicoideae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Slender Rockcress
Arabis pycnocarpa
caterpillars
12
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Virginia Pepperweed
Lepidium virginicum
caterpillars
10
bees
2
food
8
flowers
57
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Eschscholtz's Hairy Rockcress
Arabis eschscholtziana
caterpillars
9
food
1
flowers
3
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Coast Rockcress
Arabis blepharophylla
caterpillars
9
flowers
4
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Common Peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum
caterpillars
8
bees
2
food
14
flowers
15
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Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra
caterpillars
8
food
4
flowers
12
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Flaxleaf Plainsmustard
Sisymbrium linifolium
caterpillars
8
flowers
12
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Waldo Rockcress
Arabis aculeolata
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Modest Rockcress
Arabis modesta
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Oregon Rockcress
Arabis oregana
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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McDonald's Rockcress
Arabis mcdonaldiana
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Western Tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
7
flowers
18
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Hairy Rockcress
Arabis hirsuta
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
6
flowers
8
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Richardson's Tansymustard
Descurainia incana
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
3
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California Mustard
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
caterpillars
7
flowers
2