Biology:Cardamine amara

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae

Large bitter-cress
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species:
C. amara
Binomial name
Cardamine amara
L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cardamine borealis Laest. ex Nyman
  • Schur Schur
  • Wallr. Cardamine triphylla
  • Cardamine melananthera Pall.
  • Cardamine libertiana Steud.
  • Lej. Cardamine wiedmanniana
  • Cardamine melanthera Boiss.
  • Cardamine grandis Lej.
  • Stokes E.H.L.Krause
  • Ghinia amara Cardamine nasturtiana
  • Bubani Cardamine macrophylla
  • Thuill. Crucifera amara
  • Cardamine umbrosa Cardamine nasturtium

Cardamine amara, known as large bitter-cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to 70 cm (28 in) tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. The flowers have petals that are 8–14 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long and are generally white, although sometimes pink or purple. It is found in damp places.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cardamine amara", The Plant List, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2699395, retrieved 2016-08-02 
  2. Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 400, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5 

Wikidata ☰ Q163609 entry