Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Cardamine (Bittercress)
Cardamine pratensis L. - Cuckooflower
Cardamine matthioli Moretti
Cardamine dentata Schult. - Dentate Bittercress
Cardamine amara L. - Large Bitter-Cress
Cardamine parviflora L. - Sand Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa With. - Wavy Bitter-Cress
Cardamine hirsuta L. - Hairy Bitter-Cress
Cardamine impatiens L. - Narrow-Leaved Bitter-Cress
Cardamine resedifolia L. - Mignonette-Leaved Bittercress
Cardamine alpina Willd. - Alpine Bittercress
Cardamine trifolia L. - Trefoil Cress
Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz - Coralroot
Cardamine heptaphylla (Vill.) O. E. Schulz - Pinnate Coralroot
Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz - Five-Leaflet Bitter-Cress
Cardamine enneaphyllos (L.) Crantz - Drooping Bittercress
10–50 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <b>whitish</b>. <span class="v1">petals:</span> <b>often erect</b>, <ba><b>2–4 mm long</b></ba>, <b>approx. 2‑times longer than the sepals</b>. <span class="v1">stamina:</span> <b>4 <i>or</...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, springs
in moist to wet habitats