Brassicaceae
Alpine bittercress
Cardamine bellidifolia
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 北极碎米荠
- English
- Alpine bittercress
- Finnish
- Tunturilitukka
Synonyms
- Cardamine ballidifolia Hill
- Cardamine bellidifolia f. bellidifolia
- Cardamine bellidifolia f. grandiflora O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine bellidifolia f. laxa (Lange) Polunin
- Cardamine bellidifolia f. pygmaea O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine bellidifolia subsp. bellidifolia L.
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. bellidifolia L.
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. beringensis A.E.Porsild
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. laxa Lange
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. pachyphylla Coville & Leiberg
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. pinnatifida Hultén
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. protractior Norman
- Cardamine bellidifolia var. sinuata (J.Vahl) Lange
- Cardamine integrifolia Nasarow
- Cardamine lenensis Andrz.
- Cardamine rotundifolia Bigelow
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 85 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sam Eberhard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Spencer K. Monckton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tor Carlsen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Alpine bittercress: 碎米薺屬 Cardamine bellidifolia [挪威 Loen, Norway]](/plants/cardamine-bellidifolia/photos/63e1a1a6195a99cb-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pål A. Olsvik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.