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Sand Bittercress (Cardamine parviflora)

Sand Bittercress (Cardamine Parviflora) https://www.sagebud.com/sand-bittercress-cardamine-parviflora/
Credit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 185. | http://plants.usda.g... | License: PD USDA NRCS
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Cardamine Parviflora, or more commonly know as Sand Bittercress, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Cardamine. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Cardamine Parviflora or Sand Bittercress's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Cardamine
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Order: Capparales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Annual
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: SWSS
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACW
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU) 2(FACU) 3(FAC) 5(FAC) 6(FACW) 7(FACW) 8(NI)





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