Species: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica

Few-seed Bittercress
Species

    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

    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Anthophyta
    Class

    Dicotyledoneae

    Order

    Capparales

    Family

    Brassicaceae

    Genus

    Cardamine

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Umbel Bittercress - umbel bittercress
    Informal Taxonomy
    Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Mustard Family
    Formal Taxonomy
    Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Capparales - Brassicaceae - Cardamine - .

    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

    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5T3T5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2002-08-02
    Global Status Last Changed
    2002-08-02
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    AK to w. OR; Siberia.
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