Cardamine lilacina Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Cardamine

Characteristics

Annual to perennial herb to 50 cm tall, glabrous, or rarely hairy; branches few, weak to erect. Leaves mostly basal, variable; basal leaves mostly pinnate with 1–3 pairs of pinnae, the pinnae frequently ovate, simple, lanceolate, with long petiole; cauline. leaves few, reducing in size and division, frequently narrowly lanceolate, entire. Sepals 2–3 mm long, purple with white margins. Petals 7–11 mm long, pink to purple. Style 1.5–3 mm long. Siliqua linear, 1–4 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, erect to spreading; pedicels slender, erect to spreading, 5–20 mm long. Seeds 1.5 mm long, very narrowly winged.
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Annual to perennial herb to 50 cm tall, rhizomatous, decumbent or erect, sometimes in cushions; usually glabrous. Leaves mostly basal, mostly pinnate, sometimes simple. Inflorescence usually a raceme elongating from a terminal corymb. Sepals 1.5–4.5 mm long, usually pigmented. Petals 5–11 mm long, white, pink or purple. Stamens 6. Style 1–3 mm long. Siliqua mostly linear, 1–4.5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide; pedicels erect to spreading, 5–20 mm long. Seeds ovoid to oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm long, compressed, narrowly winged.
Perennial herb to 20 em tall with branching rhizomes, decumbent to erect, robust, glabrous. Leaves mostly basal, pinnate, of 1–3, rarely 4, pairs of pinnae; pinnae mostly ovate, the terminal lobe broadly ovate, rhomboid or trilobed. Sepals 3–4.5 mm long, often pigmented towards apex. Petals 8–11 mm long, rarely shorter, white. Style 1–2 mm long. Siliqua fusiform to linear, 1–2.5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, erect. Pedicels erect to spreading, 10–20 mm long. Seeds 1.5–2.25 mm long, narrowly winged.
Perennial herb to 40 cm tall with slender rhizomes, often in cushions, decumbent to erect, glabrous. Leaves mostly basal, simple or pinnate, of 1–2 pairs of pinnae; the terminal pinna broadly ovate to elliptic. Sepals 2.5–3.5 mm long, sometimes pigmented towards apex. Petals 5–7 mm long, white or pink. Style 2–3 mm long. Siliqua linear, 1.5–3 cm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, erect. Pedicels erect to spreading, c. 10–15 mm long. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, narrowly winged.
Rosette of leaves 2–3 cm across. Inflorescence scape up to 5 cm tall, minutely papillose; flowers oriented to one side. Petals 5–7 mm long.
Inflorescence scapes scarcely exceeding leaves. Petals 3–4 mm long. Silicula some– what cigar-shaped, 1.5 mm wide.
A cabbage family herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45
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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Edible seeds
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Distribution

Cardamine lilacina world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280443-1
WFO ID wfo-0000587112
COL ID R4GV
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cardamine intermedia f. macrantha Cardamine lilacina Cardamine intermedia Cardamine hirsuta var. intermedia Cardamine pratensis var. lilacina Cardamine finitima f. lilacina Cardamine intermedia f. micrantha Cardamine intermedia f. stylosa