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Brassicaceae

Bulbous bittercress

Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cardamine

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Bulbous bittercress: Photo of Cardamine bulbosa in flower. This is a native plant growing wild on Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C., USA. This species is a member of the B
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
حرف بصيلي
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حرف بصيلى
English
Bulbous bittercress, Spring cress

Synonyms

  • Arabis amara Banks ex DC.
  • Arabis bulbosa Muhl.
  • Arabis rhomboidea Pers.
  • Cardamine bulbosa f. bulbosa
  • Cardamine bulbosa f. fontinalis E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
  • Cardamine bulbosa var. purpurea Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
  • Cardamine purpurea Torr. & A.Gray
  • Cardamine purpurea Britton & A.Brown
  • Cardamine rhomboidea (Pers.) DC.
  • Cardamine rhomboidea f. angustifolia O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea f. integrifolia O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea f. microphylla O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea f. purpurea (Torr.) O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea var. grandiflora O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea var. hirsuta O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea var. parviflora O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rhomboidea var. pilosa O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine rotundifolia Torr. & A.Gray
  • Dentaria rhomboidea (Pers.) Greene
  • Dracamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Nieuwl.
  • Lepidium tuberosum DC.
  • Nasturtium tuberosum Raf.

Flowers

Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.