Why many different plant seedlings look like salad cress

The first time my husband met my research subject the legume Medicago truncatula he was presented with a row of seedlings growing on an agar plate (see photos below). His response to this was “Ahh, you work on cress!”  My husband is not a biologist or gardener so his mistake is understandable. Although M. truncatula…

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Barbara verna Open Pollinated. Heirloom. 35 days. Land Cress is native to North America and much used as an early salad green in Western Europe. Has

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