NameThatPlant.net: Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae NEW! Click to 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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-012:
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

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 (11/30/12):
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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-012:
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

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Forb
Winter annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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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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