Biology:Cardamine occidentalis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Big western bittercress | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cardamine occidentalis (S.Wats. ex B.L.Rob.) Howell
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Cardamine occidentalis is a species of Cardamine known by the common name big western bittercress. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northwestern California , where it grows in moist mountain habitats.
Description
Cardamine occidentalis is a perennial herb growing from very small rhizomes. It produces a branching erect or leaning stem which may root at nodes. There is a basal array of leaves, each on a petiole and divided into many leaflets. There are also several leaves along the stem. The flower has white petals each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a silique 2 to 3 centimeters long.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4117426 entry
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