Scientific Name: Cardamine lilacina

Common Name: lilac bittercress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with basal rosette, leaves variable.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.5

Flowers: White, pink, lilac or purple, in terminal groups, sepals purple with white margins, style > 1mm.

Fruit: Capsule (siliqua) linear; seeds narrowly winged.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartKentishKingboroughLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationGrassland
Habitat Notes

Grassy and rocky places in eastern and central mountains.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Distinguished from Cardamine gunnii by the length of the style.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information