NameThatPlant.net: Cardamine douglassii

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Limestone Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cardamine douglassii

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

Cardamine douglassii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-005:

Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae

COMMON NAME:
Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Purple Cress, Pink Spring-cress

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image of Cardamine douglassii, Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Purple Cress, Pink Spring-cress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cado_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cado_004_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine douglassii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-005:
Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae

2887

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish-lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

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