Classification Hierarchy
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Tracheophyta
Superdivision Spermatophyta
Division Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae
Genus Cardamine
Species Cardamine bulbosa
Bulbous bittercress

Date: XXXXXXXX 2010. Location: XXXXXXXXX(map)

BONAP, FNA, ITIS, USDA, VPI

Scientific Name: Cardamine bulbosa (synonym: Arabis bulbosa)

Common Name: Bulbous bittercress

Origin: Native

Notes: Perennial plants usually found in wet habitats.

Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

Field Marks for Identification:

Flowers: April. Four green sepals, four short clawed white (rarely pink) petals; Stamen - four long, two short; inflorescence a raceme; Fruit - a linear capsule (silique).

Leaves: Base leaves petiolate, reniform to ovate, margins repand to entire; Cauline leaves simple, sessile or petiolate, blade ovate to oblong, margins repand, dentate, or entire.

Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

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