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American bittercress

Cardamine rotundifolia

American bittercress
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Cardamine rotundifolia, also known as American bittercress or mountain bittercress, is a perennial herbaceous brassica native to eastern North America. It was first described by André Michaux in his publication Flora Boreali-Americana (1803).

Other Cardamine plants

Large Bitter Cress · Seaside bittercress · Slender toothwort · Cardamine barbaraeoides · Alpine bittercress · Brewer's bittercress · Coralroot bittercress · Bulbous bittercress · Milkmaids · Cardamine carrii · Cutleaf toothwort · Constance's bittercress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cardamine rotundifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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