Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pennsylvania 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 pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-010:
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Bittercress, Quaker Bittercress
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JK Marlow jkm160326_092
March Laurens County SC
Leaflets decurrent on the rachis (vs. C. flexuosa's leaflets petiolulate), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm170322_204
March Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Sepals oblong, lateral pair not saccate basally, per Flora of North America.
Roxanna Martin rlm4311_171
April Spartanburg County SC
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm4311_191
April Spartanburg County SC
Basal leaves mostly absent at flowering time, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Roxanna Martin rlm4311_193
April Spartanburg County SC
Wet, mostly wooded habitats, often in water, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm4311_204
April Spartanburg County SC
Siliques greater than 1mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.