Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine heptaphylla (Vill.) O.E.Schulz |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 371 (1903) |
Native Range | sw. Germany to Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | stem leaves remote, pinnate, leaflets 2-5 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, sparsely hirsute, flowers to 35 in raceme, sepals obovate-oblong, petals 14-20mm, obovate |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink, white, purple |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
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 baldensis Fritsch Cardamine pinnata (Lam.) W.T.Aiton Crucifera heptaphylla (Vill.) E.H.L.Krause Dentaria canescens Ten. Dentaria heptaphylla Vill. Dentaria intermedia Sond. Dentaria pinnata Lam. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |