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Details of Genus: Cardamine

ID: 2262

Genus ja:

Genus en: Bittercress

# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)

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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

Family:

System Accepted? Botanical 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