Brassicaceae
Roadside bittercress
Cardamine debilis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- حرف ضعيف
- English
- Roadside bittercress, New Zealand bittercress
- Māori
- Panapana
Synonyms
- Cardamine heterophylla (G.Forst.) O.E.Schulz
- Sisymbrium heterophyllum G.Forst.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Cam Kilgour, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.