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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cardamine clematitis

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

Cardamine clematitis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007:

Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

Cardamine clematitis

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress


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image of Cardamine clematitis, Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cacl2_001_lvd

        

image of Cardamine clematitis, Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress

JK Marlow    jkm060429_095

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Leaves 3(-5) foliolate, lower leaves green beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Cardamine clematitis, Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress

JK Marlow    jkm060429_099

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Cardamine clematitis, Mountain Bittercress, Clematis-leaved Bittercress

JK Marlow    jkm060429_100

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Found at high elevations (1200m & above), per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine clematitis

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007:
Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shaded brookbanks, rock outcrops with seepage, at high elevations (1200m and above), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 3(5) leaflets
Basal & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

 

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