Arabidopsis Thaliana

The plant whose seeds we will primarily use is called Arabidopsis Thaliana, Thale Cress, Mouse-Ear Cress and/or Vårskrinneblom. It is related to cabbage and mustard plants. The plant seeds are tiny, the diameter is less than 1 mm.

The plant is used extensively in biology experiments due to its short generation timespan (6 weeks) and because the genome is small and reasonably well known. (Wikipedia)