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Pronunciation: air-a-bi-DOP-sis thay-lee-AY-na
Common name: Mouse-ear cress
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Disturbed open ground to 3000', native to Eurasia
Blooming period: February to May
Name derivations: 1) Arabidopsis 2) thaliana
NOTE: A popular model organism in plant biology and genetics, Arabidopsis thaliana was the first plant to have its genome sequenced