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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardamine douglassii (Torr.) Britton
limestone bitter-cress, purple spring-cress
Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments
douglassii: David Bates Douglass (1790-1849)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/perennial, to 20" tall forb; superficial rhizomes with no narrow sections |
| Flower: | pink to purple, 4-parted, 1/2"- 1" wide; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of long-stalked, drooping flowers; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | long, thin, erect pods |
| Leaf: | basal leaves often purplish beneath, usually the 3-5 stem leaves widely-toothed and stalkless, all undivided |
| Habitat: | moist; woods; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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