Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Blue Ridge Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis FAMILY Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bittercress
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JK Marlow jkm0503c_12
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
...division of this species into 2 varieties needs further evaluation, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm160323_064
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Found mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm160323_067
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3342
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3351
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Lower leaves purple beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3361
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0504l_16
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7276
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7278
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7337
April Rabun County GA
Terminal leaflet on a longer petiolule than the lateral leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7358
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7359
April Rabun County GA
Stem pubescent at base; leaves 3-5-foliolate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7366
April Rabun County GA
Petiole not auriculate at the base;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_0982
April Polk County NC
Petal length 6-9mm (var. flagellifera) or 4-6mm (var. hugeri), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_1308
April Polk County NC
Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending, 7-20mm; fruit 1.5-2.5cm, per Flora of North America.
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Samantha Tessel sam_2665
April Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140614_888
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera +
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
251
Forb
Perennial
Look for it in seepages, on streambanks, & in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare or uncommon, depending on variety
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p110
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p137
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060?
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