Scientific Name: Cardamine astoniae

Common Name: spreading bittercress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with stems that grow along the ground and root at the nodes, and erect, unbranched flowering stems.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.3

Flowers: Flowers with all white or pink petals, 6-11mm long, are borne in a many-flowered flower head.

Fruit: Capsule (siliqua)

Municipality
Kentish
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Frost Tolerance

Hardy

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Seed Information