Cardamine clematitis Shuttleworth ex A. Gray. Common name: Mountain Bittercress. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Shaded brookbanks, rock outcrops with seepage, at high elevations (1200m and above). Distribution: Endemic to the high elevation Southern Appalachians of w. NC, e. TN, sw. VA, and ne. GA (Brasstown Bald). A report for SC (Gaddy et al. 1984) is erroneous, based on material of C. flagellifera (Gaddy 2014).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA7, K4, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993); < Cardamine clematitis Shuttlew. ex A.Gray — F, G, GW2, RAB
Links to other floras: = Cardamine clematitis - FNA7
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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