Cardamine oligosperma Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

Bitter cress, Idaho bittercress

2008 Steve Matson

2017 Ron Vanderhoff

2008 Steve Matson

2020 Cynthia Powell

Cardamine oligosperma is an annual or perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1367 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Cardamine
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: canyons

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Southern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Information about Cardamine oligosperma from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CAOL) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/27/2024).