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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-010:
Cardamine pensylvanica FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine pensylvanica
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Bittercress, Quaker Bittercress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cape3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cape3_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160326_091
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_092
March Laurens County SC
Leaflets decurrent on the rachis (vs. C. flexuosa's leaflets petiolulate), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm170322_204
March Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Sepals oblong, lateral pair not saccate basally, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_pensylvanica_72818
March Miami-Dade County FL
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Gill Newberry gn04_c_pensylvanica_2
April
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JK Marlow jkm160423_452
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160423_452b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_171
April Spartanburg County SC
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_191
April Spartanburg County SC
Basal leaves mostly absent at flowering time, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_193
April Spartanburg County SC
Wet, mostly wooded habitats, often in water, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_195
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_196
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4311_204
April Spartanburg County SC
Siliques greater than 1mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cardamine pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-010:
Cardamine pensylvanica
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine pensylvanica
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Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: Various wet habitats, especially swampy depressions, streambanks, small woodland seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 5-15(17) leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p148
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p111
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p020
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p138
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p112
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060
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