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Big Western Bittercress (Cardamine occidentalis)

Description

Cardamine occidentalis-is a species of-cardamine-known by the common name-big western bittercress. It is native to western North America from-Alaska-to ardamine occidentalis is a perennial herb growing from very small rhizomes. It produces a branching erect or leaning stem which may root at nodes. There is a basal array of leaves, each on a petiole and divided into many leaflets. There are also several leaves along the stem. The flower has white petals each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a silique 2 to 3 centimeters long.northwestern-California, where it grows in moist mountain habitats.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Brassicales

            • Family: Brassicaceae

              • Genus: Cardamine