Cardamine pratensis L.
European field bitter-cress (Brewer's Bitter-cress; cuckoo bitter-cress; cuckoo-flower; lady's-smock)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
European field bitter-cress (Brewer's Bitter-cress; cuckoo bitter-cress; cuckoo-flower; lady's-smock)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome; stems 8-45 cm tall, glabrous.
Leaves:
Basal leaves with 9-17 orbicular to lanceolate leaflets, 0.2-0.9 cm long, glabrous; stem leaves with 9-15 linear to narrowly oblong leaflets, linear or lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a simple raceme, without bracts; flower stalks spreading-ascending, 5-20 mm long, glabrous; petals pink, pink-purple, or white, 8-15 mm long; sepals 3-4.5 mm long.
Fruits:
Siliques, erect, 1.4-3 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; styles 1-1.5 mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Cardamine pratensis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1177 | 455 | 1900 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
42 | 0 | 85 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
90 | 90 | 90 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 3 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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