Cardamine bellidifolia L.

Alpine bittercress (en), Arabette dressée (fr), Arabette scabre (fr), Arabette raide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Cardamine

Characteristics

Perennials (somewhat cespitose, subscapose) ; glabrous through-out. Rhizomes absent (caudex usually with slender, rarely stout, rhizomelike branches). Stems erect to ascending, branched (several), 0.1-0.8 (-1.4) dm, glabrous. Basal leaves rosulate, simple, (0.6-)1.2-5(-7) cm; petiole (3-)1-3.5(-5.5) cm; blade usually ovate to oblong, rarely oblanceolate to obovate, (0.4-)0.8-1.7(-2.5) cm × (2-)5-10(-16) mm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins usually entire, rarely repand or obtusely small-toothed (apex obtuse). Cauline leaves 0 or 1 (or 2), simple, shortly petiolate; petiole base not auriculate; blade similar to basal leaves, much smaller. Racemes ebracteate. Fruiting pedicels ascending to erect, 3-6(-8) mm. Flowers: sepals oblong, 2-3(-4) × 0.8-1.5(-2) mm, lateral pair not saccate basally; petals white, oblanceolate, 4-5.5(-7) × 1.3-2(-2.5) mm (not clawed, apex rounded or emarginate); filaments: median pairs 2.5-4 mm, lateral pair 2-3 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5-0.9 mm. Fruits linear, (0.8-)1.3-2.8(-3.7) cm × 1.3-2 mm; ovules 8-18 per ovary; style 0.5-3 mm. Seeds brown, oblong, 1.5-2 × 0.9-1.2 mm. 2n = 16.
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Glabrous perennial with densely tufted stems 3–10 cm; lvs long-petioled, oval or elliptic, 5–10 mm; fls 2–5, white; pet 3–5 mm; axis of the raceme scarcely elongating, the frs 2 cm, erect, crowded, on pedicels 3–5(–10) mm, the beak 1–1.5 mm; 2n=16. Circumboreal, s. in our range to the higher mts. of Me. and N.H. Summer.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system rhizome tap-root
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 2-7
Soil humidity 5-9
Soil texture 1-3
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Cardamine bellidifolia world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280178-1
WFO ID wfo-0000586531
COL ID 68ZKZ
BDTFX ID 12840
INPN ID 87900
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cardamine bellidifolia f. laxa Cardamine bellidifolia Cardamine ballidifolia Cardamine integrifolia Cardamine lenensis Cardamine rotundifolia Cardamine bellidifolia var. beringensis Cardamine bellidifolia var. laxa Cardamine bellidifolia var. pinnatifida Cardamine bellidifolia var. protractior Cardamine bellidifolia var. sinuata Cardamine bellidifolia f. bellidifolia Cardamine bellidifolia f. grandiflora Cardamine bellidifolia f. pygmaea Cardamine bellidifolia subsp. bellidifolia Cardamine bellidifolia var. bellidifolia Cardamine bellidifolia var. pachyphylla

Lower taxons

Cardamine bellidifolia subsp. alpina