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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesCardamine umbellata Greene 
BibliographyPittonia 3: 154 (1900)
Native RangeRussian Far East, Alaska to Washington
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Altitude0-1800m
Descriptionstems glabrous, lower leaves pinnate, leaflets 5-7, terminal leaflet reniform, lateral leaflets smaller, broadly ovate, entire, flowers in umbellate raceme, petals 3-5mm long
Size8-25cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
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
SynonymsCardamine hirsuta ssp. kamtschatica (Regel) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. parviflora Nutt.
Cardamine kamtschatica (Regel) Piper
Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica (Regel) Detling
Cardamine oligosperma ssp. kamtschatica (Regel) Cody
Cardamine sylvatica var. kamtschatica Regel
Cardamine unalaschcensis Andrz. ex Ledeb.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington)
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