Cardamine bulbosa

Cardamine bulbosa, commonly called bulbous bittercress[2] or spring cress[3], is a perennial plant in the mustard family. It is native to a widespread area of eastern North America, in both Canada and the United States.[4] Its natural habitat is moist soils of bottomland forests and swamps, often in calcareous areas.[2]

Cardamine bulbosa

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species:
C. bulbosa
Binomial name
Cardamine bulbosa
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]

In late spring and early summer, white flowers are produced well above the foliage.[5] Its leaves are edible, and have a peppery taste.[6]

References
  1. Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. The Plant List
  2. "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  3. "Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)". Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "Cardamine bulbosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. Flora of North America
  6. GoBotany - New England Wildflower Society


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