Cardaminopsis arenosa, Arabis arenosa, SE: Sandtrav, DE: Sand-Schaumkresse ,
NL: Zandscheefkelk, UK: Sand Rock-cress

Scientific name:		Cardaminopsis arenosa (L.) Hayek
Synonym name:		Arabis arenosa (L.) Scop.
Swedish name:		Sandtrav
German name:		Sand-Schaumkresse
Nederlandse naam:		Zandscheefkelk
English name:		Sand Rock-cress
Family:		Brassicaceae - Cruciferae, Cabbage family, Korsblommiga växter

Life form:		Annual or biennial herb
Stems:		Height 15-30, may-branched, lower part hairy
Leaves:		Basal rosette, wide lanceolate, deeply lobed
Flowers:		Raceme; 4 white or pinkish-purple petals, 4 sepals; 2 short and 4 long stamens
Flowering Period:		June-July
Fruits:		1-4.5cm, siliqua, many-seeded
Habitat:		On dry, sandy soils, in roadside verges, gravel soils, embankments and weeds in the flower beds
Distribution:		Central and northern Sweden

Derivation of the botanical name: Cardaminopsis, resembling Cardamine, Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, since many species resemble watercress in appearance and flavor; maybe used in treating heart ailments. arenosa, Latin arena sand, and means 'grows in sandy places'. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Hayek is used to indicate August von Hayek (1871 – 1928), an Austrian physician and botanist. He was the son of naturalist Gustav von Hayek and the father of economist Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992). The standard author abbreviation Scop. is used to indicate Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 – 1788), a Tyrolean physician and naturalist.