Cardamine bulbosa

Cardamine bulbosa

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species: C. bulbosa
Binomial name
Cardamine bulbosa
(Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Natural range in North America
Synonyms
  • Arabis bulbosa Schreb. ex Muhl.
  • Arabis rhomboidea Pers.
  • Cardamine rhomboídea (Pers.) DC.
  • Dentaria rhomboidea (Pers.) Greene
  • Dracamine bulbosa (BSP) Nieuwl.[1]

Cardamine bulbosa, the bulbous cress, bittercress, or spring cress, is a perennial plant native to eastern North America. This plant grows in moist soils of bottomland woods and wet meadows.

In late spring and early summer, white flowers are produced well above the foliage.

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