Details of genus: Cardamine [2262]
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genus_en: Bittercress
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Family: Brassicaceae
family_ja: アブラナ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of about 150 species of annuals and perennials from cool, shady, damp habitats almost worldwide, but chiefly in the N. hemisphere. Some of the annuals are invasive garden weeds. The rootstock is fibrous or has scaly rhizomes. Cardamines have simple, pinnate or palmate leaves and unbranched stems bearing panicles or racemes (some short and congested) of 4-petalled, white, yellow, pink, lilac, or reddish violet flowers. Grow in a border, a rock garden, or in woodland.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Divide in spring or after flowering. Root leaf-tip cuttings of C. pratensis and its cultivars in midsummer; they may also form bulbils or plantlets in the axils of the leaflets.
pests_en: Flea beetles and aphids may damage the leaves.
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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41
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| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Brassicaceae | アブラナ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Brassicaceae | アブラナ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Brassicaceae | アブラナ科 | Show |