Species: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Few-seeded Bittercress is a taprooted annual or bienniel herb with 1 to a few unbranched stems, up to 10 cm tall, which arise from a rosette of basal leaves. The basal leaves are pinnately divided with 2-4 pairs of shallowly lobed, egg-shaped leaflets, while those of the stem are alternate with narrowly lance-shaped leaflets. The foliage is glabrous or sparsely covered with short, straight hairs. The stalked flowers are borne in a compact inflorescence, 1-2 cm long, that branches at the base. Each flower has 4 white petals, 2-4 mm long, 4 shorter sepals, and 4 long and 2 short stamens. The narrow, linear seed capsules (siliques), 15-25 mm long, are borne on spreading to erect stalks, which are 5-15 mm long.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Capparales
Brassicaceae
Cardamine
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Few-seeded Bittercress is a taprooted annual or bienniel herb with 1 to a few unbranched stems, up to 10 cm tall, which arise from a rosette of basal leaves. The basal leaves are pinnately divided with 2-4 pairs of shallowly lobed, egg-shaped leaflets, while those of the stem are alternate with narrowly lance-shaped leaflets. The foliage is glabrous or sparsely covered with short, straight hairs. The stalked flowers are borne in a compact inflorescence, 1-2 cm long, that branches at the base. Each flower has 4 white petals, 2-4 mm long, 4 shorter sepals, and 4 long and 2 short stamens. The narrow, linear seed capsules (siliques), 15-25 mm long, are borne on spreading to erect stalks, which are 5-15 mm long.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life

