4132

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare

Look for it in alluvial floodplains, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast

 

...Moist

LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 13-19 leaflets
Alternate (basal rosette usually withered by flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silique

 

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

• New Invaders of the Southeast p059

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cardamine impatiens   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine impatiens   FAMILY Brassicaceae