Brassicaceae

Serpentine bittercress

Cardamine pachystigma (S.Watson) Rollins

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Serpentine bittercress (Cardamine pachystigma) — FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Serpentine bittercress

Synonyms

Cardamine californica var. pachystigma (S.Watson) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine pachystigma var. pachystigma
Dentaria californica var. pachystigma S.Watson
Dentaria corymbosa Jeps.
Dentaria corymbosa var. grata Jeps.
Dentaria pachystigma (S.Watson) S.Watson
Dentaria pachystigma var. corymbosa (Jeps.) Abrams

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, 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.