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Cardamine digitata Richardson  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesCardamine digitata Richardson 
SynonymsCardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz
 Cardamine richardsonii Hultén
 Cardamine sphenophylla Jurtzev
Habitattundra
Altitudearctic-subarctic
Descriptionstem leaves alternate, pinnatipartite, leaflets 3-4-pairs, oblong, glabrous, flowers 9-15 in raceme, corolla 5-15mm, calyx green and purple, glabrous, petals obovate, 5-7mm long
Size10-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typetuft
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Russian Far East (Magadan )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
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BRASSICACEAE

Cardamine digitata Richardson, Narr. Journey Polar Sea [J.Franklin] 743 (1823)

Synonyms:
Cardamine digitata sphenophylla (Jurtzev) Khatri
Cardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hyperborea oxyphylla (Andrz. ex Trautv.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine oxyphylla Andrz. ex Trautv.
Cardamine petersiana (Graebn.) Kuntze
Cardamine richardsonii Hultén
Cardamine sphenophylla Jurtzev
Dentaria petersiana Graebn.

Magadan, Subarctic America
31 MAG 70 ASK NWT YUK

arctic-subarctic

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