Brassicaceae
Richardson's bittercress
Cardamine digitata
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- حرف إصبعي
- arz
- حرف اصبعى
- English
- Richardson's bittercress
Synonyms
- Cardamine digitata var. oxyphylla Trautv.
- Cardamine hyperborea O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine hyperborea var. hyperborea O.E. Schulz
- Cardamine hyperborea var. oxyphylla (Trautv.) O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine oxyphylla Andrz. ex Ledeb.
- Cardamine petersiana (Graebn.) Kuntze
- Cardamine richardsonii Hultén
- Dentaria petersiana Graebn.
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Spencer K. Monckton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Lamb, 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.