Brassicaceae
Brewer's bittercress
Cardamine breweri
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Brewer's bittercress
Synonyms
- Cardamine breweri var. breweri S. Watson
- Cardamine breweri var. leibergii (Holz.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Cardamine breweri var. orbicularis (Greene) Detling
- Cardamine callosicrenata Piper
- Cardamine foliacea Greene
- Cardamine hederacea DC.
- Cardamine hederifolia Greene
- Cardamine leibergii Holz.
- Cardamine modocensis Greene
- Cardamine oligosperma A.Gray
- Cardamine orbicularis Greene
- Cardamine sandbergii Holz.
- Cardamine vallicola Greene
- Cardamine vallicola subsp. leibergii O.E.Schulz
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 51 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ellyne Geurts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Spencer Hurt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: giantcicada, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Whitney Brook Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, 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.