NameThatPlant.net: Cardamine bulbosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Bulbous Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-004:

Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae

COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Bittercress, Spring Cress

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-004:
Cardamine bulbosa FAMILY Brassicaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swampy forests and bogs, primarily (but not strictly) in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (4-12 stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring
White (rarely pinkish)
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique

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