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
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Brassicales
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Family: Brassicaceae
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Genus: Cardamine
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