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Cardamine douglassii Britton  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesCardamine douglassii Britton 
BibliographyTrans. New York Acad. Sci. 9: 8 (1889)
Native Rangenc. & e. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude50-400m
Descriptionhirsute, lower leaves simple, petiolate, orbiculate, sinuate or entire, stem leaves 3-6, oblong, flowers in raceme, sepals oblong, petals 8-13mm long, siliques linear
Size10-25cm
Colorrose, purple
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArabis rhomboidea var. purpurea Torr.
Cardamine douglassii f. albidula Farw.
Cardamine rhomboidea f. purpurea (Torr.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine rhomboidea var. purpurea (Torr.) Torr.
Dentaria douglassii (Britton) Greene
Thlaspi tuberosum Nutt.
Territory7 Northern America
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia)
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