Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine gunnii Hewson |
Bibliography | Fl. Australia 8: 390 (1982) |
Native Range | s. & se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | glabrous, lower leaves in rosette, pinnate, leaflets pinnatisect, dentate or entire, spathulate, flowers in raceme, sepals purple, petals 4-6mm, siliques linear, erect |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine heterophylla Hook. Cardamine heterophylla var. minor Hook. Cardamine hirsuta var. debilis (Banks ex DC.) Hook.f. Cardamine hirsuta var. heterophylla Hook.f. Cardamine hirsuta var. reniformis J.M.Black |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |