NameThatPlant.net: Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Cardamine parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)

Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-012:

Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cardamine arenicola

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cardamine parviflora

COMMON NAME:
Sand Bittercress, Small-flowered Bittercress

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image of Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola, Sand Bittercress, Small-flowered Bittercress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caar24_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Cardamine parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-012:
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine arenicola

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine parviflora

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Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand, also on mafic outcrop glades, as on greenstone, diabase, and nutrient-rich granites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 5-15(17) leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

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