Brassicaceae
Limestone bittercress
Cardamine douglassii
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Limestone bittercress
Synonyms
- Arabis douglassii Torr.
- Arabis rhomboidea var. purpurea Torr.
- Cardamine rhomboidea var. purpurea (Torr.) Torr.
- Dentaria douglasii (Britton) Greene
- Dracamine purpurea Nieuwl.
- Thlaspi tuberosum Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew C, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew C, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.