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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine rotundifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Mountain Watercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine rotundifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-006:
Cardamine rotundifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Watercress, American Bittercress
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caro3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine rotundifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine rotundifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-006:
Cardamine rotundifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine rotundifolia
3242
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: seeps, streambanks, swampy depressions, sand and gravel bars in creeks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Basal leaves with 0-1 pr of lateral leaflets; stem leaves simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p140
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060
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