Brassicaceae
Heartleaf bittercress
Cardamine cordifolia
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- حرف قلبي الأوراق
- English
- Heartleaf bittercress
Synonyms
- Cardamine cardiophylla Rydb.
- Cardamine cordifolia f. microphylla O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine cordifolia subsp. lyallii O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine cordifolia var. cardiophylla O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine cordifolia var. cordifolia A. Gray
- Cardamine cordifolia var. diversifolia O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine cordifolia var. incana A.Gray
- Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Cardamine cordifolia var. pilosa O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine cordifolia var. pubescens A.Gray
- Cardamine incana (A.Gray ex M.E.Jones) A.Nelson
- Cardamine infausta Greene
- Cardamine lyallii S.Watson
- Cardamine rhomboidea Durand
- Cardamine uintahensis F.J.Herm.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 410 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- 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
FlowerPhoto: My-Lan Le, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jared Lincenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Will Pearce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Adams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, 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.