NameThatPlant.net: Cardamine rotundifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Mountain Watercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cardamine rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Cardamine rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cardamine rotundifolia

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

Cardamine rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-006:

Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Cardamine rotundifolia

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Watercress, American Bittercress

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image of Cardamine rotundifolia, Mountain Watercress, American Bittercress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caro3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Cardamine rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine rotundifolia

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-006:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

3242

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: seeps, streambanks, swampy depressions, sand and gravel bars in creeks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves with 0-1 pr of lateral leaflets; stem leaves simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

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