Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine crassifolia Pourr. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3: 310 (1788) |
Native Range | Pyrenees to c. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 1400-2400m |
Description | basal leaves glabrous, imparipinnate, leaflets 1-3 pairs, terminal leaflet ovate or orbiculate, at apex crenate, flowers in raceme, petals 6-10mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | reddish violet |
Bloom | summer |
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 latifolia var. crassifolia (Pourr.) Rouy & Foucaud Cardamine mariae Sennen Cardamine nuriae Sennen Cardamine pratensis ssp. crassifolia (Pourr.) P.Fourn. Cardamine pratensis ssp. mariae (Sennen) Sennen Cardamine pratensis ssp. nuriae (Sennen) Sennen Cardamine pratensis var. tremedalis Pau |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |