Coralroot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species:
C. bulbifera
Binomial name
Cardamine bulbifera
(L.) Crantz, 1769
Synonyms[1]
  • Crucifera bulbifera E.H.L.Krause
  • Dentaria bulbifera L.
basionym

Cardamine bulbifera, known as coralroot bittercress or coral root,[2][3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to 70 cm (28 in) tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. The flowers have petals that are 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long collected in corymbose few-flowered racemes and are generally light purple, pink or almost white. It is found in damp places.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Cardamine bulbifera", The Plant List
  2. ^ RHS Gardening. "Cardamine bulbifera – coral root bittercress: herbaceous perennial". www.rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ Williams, Colin (15 May 2017). "Coralroot, a rare beauty among the old graves". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 400, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5
  5. ^ "Cardamine bulbifera". Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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