Cardamine bulbosa

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Cardamine bulbosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species:
C. bulbosa
Binomial name
Cardamine bulbosa
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Natural range in North America
Synonyms
  • Arabis bulbosa Schreb. ex Muhl.
  • Arabis rhomboidea Pers.
  • Cardamine rhomboídea (Pers.) DC.
  • Dentaria rhomboidea(Pers.) Greene
  • Dracamine bulbosa (BSP) Nieuwl. [1]

Cardamine bulbosa, commonly called bulbous bittercress [2] or spring cress, [3] is a perennial plant in the mustard family. It is native to a widespread area of eastern North America, in both Canada and the United States. [4] Its natural habitat is moist soils of bottomland forests and swamps, often in calcareous areas. [2]

In late spring and early summer, white flowers are produced well above the foliage. [5] Its leaves are edible, and have a peppery taste. [6]

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References

  1. Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  3. "Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)". Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "Cardamine bulbosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. "Cardamine bulbosa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  6. "Cardamine bulbosa (bulbous bitter-cress): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.