Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine douglassii
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Limestone Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine douglassii
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine douglassii
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine douglassii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-005:
Cardamine douglassii FAMILY Brassicaceae
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Purple Cress, Pink Spring-cress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cado_001_lvd
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_c_douglassii_2023__2
March Chatham County NC
Differs from C. bulbosa by its lavender-pink flwr color (vs white), 3-4 stem leaves (vs often 5+)...
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_c_douglassii_2023_1
March Chatham County NC
...and a stem that is generally hairy toward the base (vs essentially glabrous), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_c_douglassii_2023_3
March Chatham County NC
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_c_douglassii_2023_4
March Chatham County NC
Corolla pink to lavender, rarely white, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_c_douglassii_2023_4b
March Chatham County NC
Basal leaves petiolate, round (or nearly so), to 1" long, purple beneath, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine douglassii
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine douglassii
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cardamine douglassii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine douglassii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-005:
Cardamine douglassii
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
2887
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (2-5 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish-lavender
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p128
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p140
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p351
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p112
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