Scientific Name: Cardamine tenuifolia

Common Name: slender bittercress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with weak trailing stems, basal leaves Rarely seen.

Flowers: Petals white or lilac, 5-12mm long; 6 stamens.

Fruit: Capsule (siliqua) linear, 15-40mm long, erect to spreading. Seeds oval to oblong, compressed and without narrow wing.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyHobartKentishLatrobeMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Found in swamps.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method

Seed Information