Scientific Name: Cardamine paucijuga

Common Name: annual bittercress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Form Description: Annual herb, sometimes hairy, with leafy flowering stems and basal rosette.

Flowers: In terminal groups about 3mm long, white or pink.

Fruit: Capsule (siliqua)

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Rocky places in the eastern mountains.

Site Tolerance

Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Leaves sometimes purple underneath.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information