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Brassicaceae
Cardamine

not marked as a favorite taxon Cardamine douglassii Britton. Common name: Purple Cress, Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Pink Spring-cress. Phenology: Late Feb-early Apr; Apr-May. Habitat: Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages. Distribution: NY, ON, and MN south to c. NC (in the drainages of the Neuse, Meherrin, and rarely Cape Fear rivers), sc. TN, AL, and MO. Reports for SC are based on misidentification of C. bulbosa.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA7, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993). Basionym: Cardamine douglassii Britton 1889 "Urbasionym:" Arabis rhomboidea Pers. var. purpurea Torr. 1822

Links to other floras: = Cardamine douglassii - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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image #1 of Cardamine douglassii© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Cardamine douglassii© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Cardamine douglassii© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Cardamine douglassii© Grant Morrow Parkins | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Cardamine douglassii© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Cardamine douglassii© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Cardamine douglassii© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, somewhat colonial perennial of nutrient-rich, moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages (in NC, in the drainages of the Neuse, Meherrin, and [rarely] Cape Fear Rivers).

Stems: Stems unbranched, purple-tinged toward the base and hairy.

Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, round (or nearly so), to about 1 in. long, purple beneath; stem leaves (2-5) alternate, sessile or clasping, oval, to 2 in. long (reduced upward) and bluntly toothed or scalloped.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on long stalks in a short terminal raceme, blooming from the bottom upward; pink to lavender (rarely white), 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 4 oblong-oval petals, 4 shorter and hairy purple sepals, several stamens and a single stout style.

Fruits: Fruit a thin, cylindrical pod.

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Height: 3-15 in.

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description: Erect, somewhat colonial perennial of nutrient-rich, moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages (in NC, in the drainages of the Neuse, Meherrin, and [rarely] Cape Fear Rivers).

stems: Stems unbranched, purple-tinged toward the base and hairy.

leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, round (or nearly so), to about 1 in. long, purple beneath; stem leaves (2-5) alternate, sessile or clasping, oval, to 2 in. long (reduced upward) and bluntly toothed or scalloped.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on long stalks in a short terminal raceme, blooming from the bottom upward; pink to lavender (rarely white), 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 4 oblong-oval petals, 4 shorter and hairy purple sepals, several stamens and a single stout style.

fruits: Fruit a thin, cylindrical pod.

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native range: eastern North America



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