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Cardamine Angulata
''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. Description The leaves can have different forms, from minute to medium in size. They can be simple, pinnate or bipinnate. They are basal and cauline (growing on the upper part of the stem), with narrow tips. They are rosulate (forming a rosette). The blade margins can be entire, serrate or dentate. The stem internodes lack firmness. The radially symmetrical flowers grow in a racemose many-flowered inflorescence or in corymbs. The white, pink or purple flowers are minute to medium-sized. The petals are longer than the sepals. The fertile flowers are hermaphroditic. Taxonomy The genus ''Cardamine' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Cardamine Oligosperma
''Cardamine oligosperma'' is a species of ''Cardamine'' known by the common name little western bittercress, native to western North America. Description ''C. oligosperma'' is an annual or biennial herb growing from a taproot. It produces one or more upright, branching stems . The leaves are divided into many leaflets. The plant generally has a large basal Rosette (botany), rosette and smaller leaves further up the stem, each with 5–9 nearly round leaflets. Most prominently blooming in early spring and early autumn, the inflorescence is several centimeters long and bears many flowers with white petals just a few millimeters in length. The fruit is a silique (pod) up to long, containing 15–22 seeds. Taxonomy ''Oligosperma'' is Greek for 'few seeds'. Common names include ''snapweed'' and ''shotweed'' for the plant's tendency to throw seeds when touched. Distribution and habitat It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |