Cardamine amara
| Large bitter-cress | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. amara |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardamine amara L.[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cardamine amara, known as large bitter-cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to 70 cm (28 in) tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. The flowers have petals that are 8–14 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long and are generally white, although sometimes pink or purple. It is found in damp places.[2]
It is concentrated almost entirely in Europe, with a small and dispersed population in Asia and New Zealand.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Cardamine amara", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-08-02
- ↑ Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 400, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5
- ↑ "Cardamine amara L. | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2026-09-13.
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