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Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz

Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz

Cardamine bulbifera
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) · Public domain

Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz. Cardamine bulbifera, known as coralroot bittercress or coral root, 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. At the base of each leaf there are bulbils which can fall off and grow into new plants. 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.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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