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Cardamine digitata Richardson  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesCardamine digitata Richardson 
BibliographyNarr. Journey Polar Sea [J. Franklin]: 743 (1823)
Native Rangen. Russian Far East to Subarctic America
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionstem leaves alternate, pinnatipartite, leaflets 3-4-pairs, oblong, glabrous, flowers 9-15 in raceme, corolla 5-15mm, calyx green and purple, glabrous, petals obovate, 5-7mm long
Size10-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCardamine digitata var. oxyphylla Trautv.
Cardamine digitata var. sphenophylla (Jurtzev) Khatri
Cardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hyperborea var. oxyphylla (Andrz. ex Ledeb.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine oxyphylla Andrz. ex Ledeb.
Cardamine petersiana (Graebn.) Kuntze
Cardamine richardsonii Hultén
Cardamine sphenophylla Jurtzev
Dentaria petersiana Graebn.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
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