Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine nuttallii Greene |
Bibliography | Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 389 (1887) |
Native Range | British Columbia to nw. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 150-2200m |
Description | glabrous, lower leaves simple or ternate, leaflets suborbiculate to oblong, crenate to lobate, stem leaves 1-3, flowers in raceme, petals 10-15mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | rose, purple, white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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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 californica var. gemmata (Greene) O.E.Schulz Cardamine gemmata Greene Cardamine nuttallii var. covilleana (O.E.Schulz) Rollins Cardamine nuttallii var. dissecta (O.E.Schulz) Rollins Cardamine nuttallii var. gemmata (Greene) Rollins Cardamine nuttallii var. pulcherrima (Greene) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde Cardamine pulcherrima Greene Cardamine pulcherrima var. tenella (Pursh) C.L.Hitchc. Cardamine quercetorum Howell Cardamine tenella (Pursh) O.E.Schulz Cardamine tenella var. covilleana O.E.Schulz Cardamine tenella var. dissecta O.E.Schulz Cardamine tenella f. pulcherrima (Greene) O.E.Schulz Cardamine tenella var. quercetorum (Howell) O.E.Schulz Dentaria gemmata (Greene) Howell ex Greene Dentaria macrocarpa Nutt. Dentaria macrocarpa var. pulcherrima (Greene) B.L.Rob. Dentaria pulcherrima (Greene) Greene Dentaria quercetorum (Howell) Greene Dentaria tenella Pursh Dentaria tenella var. palmata Detling Dentaria tenella var. pulcherrima (Greene) Detling Dentaria tenella var. quercetorum (Howell) Detling |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |