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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine hirsuta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Hairy Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine hirsuta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-008:
Cardamine hirsuta FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine hirsuta
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bittercress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cahi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230207_1093
February Greenville County SC
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Gill Newberry gn03_c_hirsuta_leaves
March
Lateral leaflets w wavy or toothed margins, terminal leaflet larger, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn03_c_hirsuta_young_frui
March
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Gill Newberry gn03_cardimine_hirsuta
March
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JK Marlow jkm0303h_15a
March Greenville County SC
Many persistent basal leaves forming a rosette; stem bases & petioles hirsute, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_hirsuta_2730
March Newberry County SC
Lynch's Woods Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm31111_108
March Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cardamine_hirsuta
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cardamine_hirsuta_2
March
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s070311_a
March Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Rosette leaves 3-8cm long, deeply pinnately lobed with 1-4 pairs of divisions, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0404zb_32
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150406_063
April Greenville County SC
Walk quietly and you'll hear the sound of tiny seeds falling around your feet.
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JK Marlow s060408_a
April Pickens County SC
Roadside
Stem leaves similar to rosette leaves, and usually smaller, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s060408_a2
April Pickens County SC
Roadside
Silique 1.5-2.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine hirsuta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine hirsuta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cardamine hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-008:
Cardamine hirsuta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine hirsuta
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Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, including fields and gardens, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common
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LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 5-15(17) leaflets
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens (rarely 5 or 6)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
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 Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p086
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p112
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p059
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p116
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