Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine vulgaris Phil. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 28: 665 (1856) |
Native Range | Peru, s. Argentina to c. & s. Chile, Juan Fernándes Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-3400m |
Description | lower leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-5, terminal leaflet suborbiculate, the lateral oblanceolate, entire, stem leaves smaller, flowers 3-8 in raceme, petals narrowly oblanceolate |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Cardamine garaventae O.E.Schulz Cardamine grandjotii O.E.Schultz Cardamine hirsuta var. vulgaris (Phil.) Reiche Cardamine vulgaris var. oligozyga O.E.Schulz |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South, JNF Juan Fernández Is.) |