Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber ex Muhlenberg) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Common name: Bulbous Bittercress. Phenology: Feb-May; Apr-Jun. Habitat: Swampy forests and bogs, primarily (but not strictly) in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks. Distribution: ME west to MB, south to FL, LA, and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, Fl4, FNA7, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Rollins (1993); = Cardamine rhomboidea (Pers.) DC. — C, Al-Shehbaz (1988a); Arabis bulbosa Schreb. ex Muhl. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Cardamine bulbosa - FNA7
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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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, spring-flowering perennial from a short, stout rhizome, found in swampy forests and bogs, primarily in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks. | Stems mostly simple, arising from the barely buried rhizome. | Basal leaves, long-petiolate , oval to nearly round, to 1 1/4 in. long, withering before full flowering; stem leaves alternate, widely spaced, short-petiolate to sessile, oblong-oval, to 2 in. long, wavy-margined to blunt-toothed. | Flowers on spreading-ascending stalks in a short terminal raceme, white (rarely pink), about ½ in. wide, consisting of 4 white (rarely pink) petals that form a cross; there are 4 sepals (green turning yellow), 6 stamens and a pistil with single style. | Fruit a thin, linear green pod; those on lower flower stalks ripen while upper flowers are still blooming. | 6-20 in. | Erect, spring-flowering perennial from a short, stout rhizome, found in swampy forests and bogs, primarily in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks. | Stems mostly simple, arising from the barely buried rhizome. | Basal leaves, long-petiolate , oval to nearly round, to 1 1/4 in. long, withering before full flowering; stem leaves alternate, widely spaced, short-petiolate to sessile, oblong-oval, to 2 in. long, wavy-margined to blunt-toothed. | Flowers on spreading-ascending stalks in a short terminal raceme, white (rarely pink), about ½ in. wide, consisting of 4 white (rarely pink) petals that form a cross; there are 4 sepals (green turning yellow), 6 stamens and a pistil with single style. | Fruit a thin, linear green pod; those on lower flower stalks ripen while upper flowers are still blooming. |
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