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Photographer: Hugh Wilson
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardamine parviflora L. var. arenicola (Britton) O.E.Schulz
dry-land bitter-cress, sand bitter-cress, small-flowered bitter-cress
Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments
parviflora: Latin for "small flower"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to spreading, annual/biennial, 4"-12" tall forb; stems smooth, mostly unbranched |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, up to 1/8" long; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | long, thin, erect pods |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into long, thin similar leaflets |
| Habitat: | dry |
| Notes: | similar to Cardamine pensylvanica but smaller and in drier habitats |
| (Glossary) |
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