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Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it in seepages, streambanks, swampy depressions, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p140
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p060

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 088-23-006:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

"We gardeners should be careful not to come between native birds and their partners, native plants. We've planted a number of nonnative species that are invading and degrading the wild habitats upon which birds depend. For example, Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) has aggressively formed monocultures across the US, and although birds readily consume its fruits, it is replacing once-diverse native food sources, including dogwoods and viburnums, limiting the nutritious variety of foods that were historically available throughout the year." — Janet Marinelli, The Wildlife Gardener's Guide