Cardamine parviflora Linnaeus var. arenicola (Britton) O.E. Schulz. Common name: Sand Bittercress. Phenology: Mar-mid Jun. Habitat: Various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand, also on mafic outcrop glades, as on greenstone, diabase, and nutrient-rich granites. Distribution: The typic variety is Eurasian; our variety is widespread in e. North America, also occurring in the Pacific Northwest.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Our plant may warrant specific status.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, GrPl, Il, NcTx, NE, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993); > Cardamine arenicola Britton — S, S13, (basionym); < Cardamine parviflora L. — Fl4, FNA7, G, GW2, K4, Mi, NY, W, WH3; > Cardamine parviflora L. — S, S13
Links to other floras: < Cardamine parviflora - FNA7
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
- Great Plains: FACW (name change)
- Midwest: FAC (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect to prostrate winter annual/biennial/short-lived perennial of various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand; also in glades on mafic outcrops (greenstone, diabase) and nutrient-rich granite. | Stems slightly angular, smooth. | Leaves numerous, the basal ones pinnately divided into 4-5 pairs of roundish leaflets, and the alternate stem leaves divided into 2-6 pairs of much narrower leaflets. | Flowers on ascending stalks in a short terminal raceme, white, less than ¼ in. wide, consisting of 4 tiny oval petals, 4 lance-shaped sepals, several stamens and a pistil with a short stout style. | Fruit a thin, linear, green pod; pods ripen on lower flower stalks while upper flowers are still blooming. | 3-15 in. | Erect to prostrate winter annual/biennial/short-lived perennial of various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand; also in glades on mafic outcrops (greenstone, diabase) and nutrient-rich granite. | Stems slightly angular, smooth. | Leaves numerous, the basal ones pinnately divided into 4-5 pairs of roundish leaflets, and the alternate stem leaves divided into 2-6 pairs of much narrower leaflets. | Flowers on ascending stalks in a short terminal raceme, white, less than ¼ in. wide, consisting of 4 tiny oval petals, 4 lance-shaped sepals, several stamens and a pistil with a short stout style. | Fruit a thin, linear, green pod; pods ripen on lower flower stalks while upper flowers are still blooming. |
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