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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cardamine flagellifera
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Blue Ridge Bittercress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Rollins's division of Cardamine flagellifera into two varieties (following Small's recognition of two species) needs further evaluation. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2025)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine flagellifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Cardamine flagellifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cardamine clematitis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis FAMILY Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine hugeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Cardamine flagellifera
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Blue Ridge Bittercress
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JK Marlow jkm0503c_12
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
...division of this species into 2 varieties needs further evaluation, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm160323_064
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Found mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm160323_067
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3342
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3351
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Lower leaves purple beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3361
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0504l_16
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7276
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7278
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7337
April Rabun County GA
Terminal leaflet on a longer petiolule than the lateral leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7358
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7359
April Rabun County GA
Stem pubescent at base; leaves 3-5-foliolate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7366
April Rabun County GA
Petiole not auriculate at the base;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_0982
April Polk County NC
Petal length 6-9mm (var. flagellifera) or 4-6mm (var. hugeri), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_flagellifera_1308
April Polk County NC
Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate-ascending, 7-20mm; fruit 1.5-2.5cm, per Flora of North America.
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Samantha Tessel sam_2665
April Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140614_888
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cardamine flagellifera
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine flagellifera
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine flagellifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Cardamine flagellifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cardamine clematitis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-007?:
Cardamine clematitis
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine flagellifera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cardamine hugeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Cardamine flagellifera
251
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In seepages, on streambanks, and in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Stem leaves pinnately divided: 3-5 leaflets
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p110
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p137
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060?
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