Cardamine longii Fernald

Long's bittercress (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Perennials; glabrous throughout. Rhizomes cylindrical, slender, 0.8-1.5 mm diam. Stems prostrate to decumbent or erect, unbranched or branched, 0.5-4 (-6) dm. Rhizomal leaves absent. Cauline leaves 3-10, usually simple, rarely 3 or 5-foliolate, petiolate; petiolulate or sessile; petiole 0.4-2.5 cm, base not auriculate; lateral leaflets (when present) sessile or petiolulate (to 0.2 cm), blade similar to terminal, considerably smaller; terminal leaflet blade orbicular to reniform or ovate to oblong, 0.4-3 cm × 3-20 mm, (somewhat fleshy), base subcordate to rounded or subtruncate, margins entire or repand, rarely undulate, (apex rounded). Racemes ebracteate. Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending to spreading, 0.5-2(-4) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 0.7-1.2 × 0.5-0.7 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally; petals absent or rudimentary, to 0.7 mm; filaments 0.5-0.8 mm; anthers ovate, 0.1-0.2 mm. Fruits narrowly oblong to linear, (3-)5-10(-15) × 0.8-1.2 mm; ovules 6-22 per ovary; style 0.2-0.5(-1) mm. Seeds light or yellowish brown, oblong or ovoid, 1-1.4 × 0.7-1 mm.
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Stems weak and diffuse from fibrous roots, 1–3 dm; lvs all petioled, subrotund to reniform, rounded or cordate at base; raceme poorly developed, elongating after anthesis; pet none; mature pedicels 1–3(–6) mm; frs ascending, 5–12 mm, the beak 0.5–1 mm. Borders of salt-marshes; Me. to Va. Summer.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.4
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Environment

Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45268-2
WFO ID wfo-0000587120
COL ID R4H3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cardamine longii