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Learn more about Blue Ridge Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bittercress
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JK Marlow jkm160323_064
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Found mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm200322_3351
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Lower leaves purple beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm190413_7337
April Rabun County GA
Terminal leaflet on a longer petiolule than the lateral leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm190413_7359
April Rabun County GA
Stem pubescent at base; leaves 3-5-foliolate, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm190413_7366
April Rabun County GA
Petiole bases not auriculate, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_0982
April Polk County NC
Petal length 6-9mm (var. flagellifera) or 4-6mm (var. hugeri), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_1308
April Polk County NC
Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending, 7-20mm; fruit 1.5-2.5cm, per Flora of North America.