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§1 Plant

Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

vernacular bulbous bittercress — species · Brassicaceae


USDA
CABU3
GBIF
3045907
Rank
species
bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa)
Platephotograph · Michael J. PapayCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Cardamine
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 736 counties across 26 states/territories
Legend Native · 736 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
30–55 in/yr
pH range
5–6.8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
1.4 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Spring
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, bulb
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 736 counties across 26 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 19 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 39 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 12 N
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N
Illinois view state ↗ 81 N
Indiana view state ↗ 72 N
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 60 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N
Michigan view state ↗ 40 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 49 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N
New York view state ↗ 29 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 54 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 58 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CABU3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3045907 ↗

Record version

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