Cruciferae - plants with four-petaled flowerscress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves Alliaria, genus Alliaria - a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and whit flowers and long siliques Arabis, genus Arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress Cakile, genus Cakile - small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe Dentaria, genus Dentaria - usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus Crambe, genus Crambe - annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages Descurainia, genus Descurainia - includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems genus Draba - large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and arctic regions Erysimum, genus Erysimum - large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America |