Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine umbellata Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 154 (1900) |
Native Range | Russian Far East, Alaska to Washington |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | stems glabrous, lower leaves pinnate, leaflets 5-7, terminal leaflet reniform, lateral leaflets smaller, broadly ovate, entire, flowers in umbellate raceme, petals 3-5mm long |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine 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. |
Territory | 3 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) |