Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz |
Bibliography | Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 127 (1769) |
Native Range | France to Slovenia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 500-2100m |
Description | stem leaves alternate, digitate, glabrous, leaflets serrate, flowers in dense raceme, sepals oblong, green, petals 18-22mm long, narrowly obovate, anthers yellow |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white, purple, violet |
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 clusiana (Rchb.) Hayek Cardamine digitata (Lam.) O.E.Schulz Cardamine digitata var. glabra O.E.Schulz Cardamine digitata var. pubescens O.E.Schulz Crucifera pentaphylla (L.) E.H.L.Krause Dentaria clusiana Rchb. Dentaria digitata Lam. Dentaria pentaphyllos L. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |