OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Cardamine flagellifera

INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)

Cardamine flagellifera

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:

Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bittercress


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JK Marlow    jkm0503c_12

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

...division of this species into 2 varieties needs further evaluation, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm160323_064

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Found mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm160323_067

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm200322_3342

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm200322_3351

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Lower leaves purple beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm200322_3361

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm0504l_16

April    Henderson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7276

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7278

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7337

April    Rabun County    GA

Terminal leaflet on a longer petiolule than the lateral leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7358

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7359

April    Rabun County    GA

Stem pubescent at base; leaves 3-5-foliolate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7366

April    Rabun County    GA

Petiole not auriculate at the base;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_flagellifera_0982

April    Polk County    NC

Petal length 6-9mm (var. flagellifera) or 4-6mm (var. hugeri), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_flagellifera_1308

April    Polk County    NC

Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending, 7-20mm; fruit 1.5-2.5cm, per Flora of North America.

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Samantha Tessel    sam_2665

April    Oconee County    SC

Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm140614_888

June    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera +   FAMILY Brassicaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Cardamine flagellifera

INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine flagellifera

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

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Forb
Perennial

Look for it in seepages, on streambanks, & in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare or uncommon, depending on variety

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LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 3-5 leaflets
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

 

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