Boechera Laevigata
''Boechera laevigata'' is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name smooth rockcress. It is native to many areas of the eastern United States and Canada, where it grows in calcareous rocky woods and bluffs. It is moderately common throughout its range, although it is absent from the southeastern coastal plain and the far north. This species is a biennial herb growing from a single stem. It flowers in early spring and has persistent fruit. It is differentiated by other members of ''Boechera'' by its auriculate-clasping leaves, short white petals, and glaucous ''Glaucous'' (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (''Larus hyperboreus''), glaucous-winged gull (''Larus glaucescens''), g ... stem. ReferencesFlora of North America laevigata Flora of North America {{Brassicales-stub ...
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Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz
Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz (born 1939 in Iraq) is an American botanist who works as adjunct professor at University of Missouri-St. Louis and Senior Curator at Missouri Botanical Garden.
2008 Missouri Botanical Garden Al-Shehbaz's primary area of interest is and '''' called him "a world expert on taxonomy of the ".
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