Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph.Wood |
Bibliography | Amer. Bot. Fl.: 38 (1870) |
Native Range | se. Canada to ne. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves ternate, petiolate, leaflets broadly ovate to oblong, coarsely dentate to pinnatifid, raceme ebracteate, petals oblanceolate, 1-2cm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine anomala (Eames) K.Schum. Dentaria anomala Eames Dentaria maxima Nutt. Dentaria maxima f. albiflora Louis-Marie Dentaria maxima f. aphylla Louis-Marie |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont) |