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Bittercresses and Toothworts
Cardamine
Cardamine is a large genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, Brassicaceae, known as bittercresses and toothworts. It contains more than 200 species of annuals and perennials. Species in this genus can be found in diverse habitats worldwide, except the Antarctic. The name Cardamine is derived from the Greek kardaminē, water cress, from kardamon, pepper grass.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
hairy bittercress
speciesCardamine hirsuta
Cuckooflower
speciesCardamine pratensis
cut-leaved toothwort
speciesCardamine concatenata
milkmaids
speciesCardamine californica
Two-leaved Toothwort
speciesCardamine diphylla
narrow-leaved bittercress
speciesCardamine impatiens
wavy bittercress
speciesCardamine flexuosa
coralroot
speciesCardamine bulbifera
large bittercress
speciesCardamine amara
Purple Cress
speciesCardamine douglassii
bulbous cress
speciesCardamine bulbosa
Nursery bittercress
speciesCardamine occulta
Pennsylvania Bittercress
speciesCardamine pensylvanica
Nuttall's toothwort
speciesCardamine nuttallii
Slender toothwort
speciesCardamine angustata
whorled coralroot
speciesCardamine quinquefolia
drooping bittercress
speciesCardamine enneaphyllos
pinnate coralroot
speciesCardamine heptaphylla
heartleaf bittercress
speciesCardamine cordifolia
white cuckoo bitter-cress
speciesCardamine dentata
Cardamine glanduligera
speciesCardamine glanduligera
Sand Bittercress
speciesCardamine parviflora
northern field bittercress
speciesCardamine polemonioides
Five-leaflet Bittercress
speciesCardamine pentaphyllos
alpine bittercress
speciesCardamine bellidifolia
Trefoil Cress
speciesCardamine trifolia
Mignonette-leaved Bittercress
speciesCardamine resedifolia
Large-leaved Bittercress
speciesCardamine macrophylla
little western bittercress
speciesCardamine oligosperma
Forkleaf Toothwort
speciesCardamine dissecta
seaside bittercress
speciesCardamine angulata
White-flower bittercress
speciesCardamine leucantha
Greater Cuckooflower
speciesCardamine raphanifolia
Brewer's bittercress
speciesCardamine breweri
Cardamine trifida
speciesCardamine trifida
large toothwort
speciesCardamine maxima
New Zealand bittercress
speciesCardamine corymbosa
southern bittercress
speciesCardamine graeca
Kitaibel's bittercress
speciesCardamine kitaibelii
Cardamine chelidonia
speciesCardamine chelidonia
Willamette Valley Bittercress
speciesCardamine penduliflora
Japanese Bittercress
speciesCardamine scutata
Cardamine marholdii
speciesCardamine marholdii
Siberian bittercress
speciesCardamine umbellata
American Bittercress
speciesCardamine rotundifolia
Purple Bitter-cress
speciesCardamine purpurea
Cardamine waldsteinii
speciesCardamine waldsteinii
asarum-leaved bittercress
speciesCardamine asarifolia
Cardamine glacialis
speciesCardamine glacialis
Cardamine seidlitziana
speciesCardamine seidlitziana
Blue Ridge bittercress
speciesCardamine flagellifera
Cardamine uliginosa
speciesCardamine uliginosa
Cardamine altaica
speciesCardamine altaica
Serpentine Bittercress
speciesCardamine pachystigma
Cardamine tenera
speciesCardamine tenera
Azorean bittercress
speciesCardamine caldeirarum
Cardamine matthioli
speciesCardamine matthioli
Cardamine forsteri
speciesCardamine forsteri
Saddle Mountain Bittercress
speciesCardamine pattersonii
panapana
speciesCardamine dolichostyla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.503
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.336
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.755
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.535
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.534
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.533
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.650
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.463
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.462
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.461
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.511
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.510
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49652.