Cardamine constancei Detling

Constance's bittercress (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Cardamine

Characteristics

Perennials; glabrous or sparsely hirsute. Rhizomes cylindrical, slender, to 2 mm diam. Stems erect, unbranched, 1.5-5 dm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute basally. Rhizomal leaves absent. Cauline leaves 4-7, simple, (crowded distally), petiolate; petiole (0.5-)1-4(-5) cm, base not auriculate; blade usually broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, rarely obovate, 5-13 cm × 20-65 mm, base cuneate, margins coarsely serrate (with apiculae), or repand to undulate (margins minutely pubescent, apex acute). Racemes ebracteate. Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to suberect, 10-22 mm. Flowers: sepals oblong, 6-8 × 2-2.5 mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally; petals pink, oblanceolate, 15-28 × 5-8 mm, (claw to 10 mm, apex rounded); filaments: median pairs 8-10 mm, lateral pair 4-6 mm; anthers linear, 2-3 mm. Fruits linear, 2.5-3.5(-5) cm × 1.9-2.1 mm; ovules 12-16 per ovary; style 2-3.5 mm. Seeds brown, oblong, 2-2.5 × 1.2-1.5 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
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Images

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Distribution

Cardamine constancei world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45151-2
WFO ID wfo-0000586659
COL ID R4C3
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Synonyms

Cardamine constancei