E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Cochlearia groenlandica L.
scurvy-grass (Danish scurvygrass; spoonwort)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Biennial or perennial herb from a short, stout taproot; stems spreading to erect, (5) 10-30 (35) cm tall; glabrous.

Leaves:
Basal leaves in a rosette, stalks slender and several times longer than the blade, the blades (5) 10-20 mm long, kidney-shaped to heart-shaped or egg-shaped, entire to wavy-margined; stem leaves usually with larger blades, unstalked or broadly short-stalked, generally toothed.

Flowers:
Racemes elongate; flower stalks ascending, 5-15 mm long; petals white, 3-5 mm long; sepals pale yellow-green, about 2 mm long.

Fruits:
Silicles, oval to elliptic, (3) 4-7 mm long; styles 0.2-0.5 mm long.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecological Framework for Cochlearia groenlandica

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
Site Information	Avg	Min	Max
Elevation (metres)	257	1	1020
Slope Gradient (%)	0	0	2
Aspect (degrees) [0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]	325	326	326
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric]	5	2	6
Modal Nutrient Regime Class	D
# of field plots species was recorded in:	5
Modal BEC Zone Class	CWH
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in	CWH(4), SBS(1)
Source: Klinkenberg 2013

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S5	Yellow	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cochlearia officinalis
Cochlearia officinalis subsp. arctica (Schltdl.) Hultén
Cochlearia officinalis subsp. groenlandica (L.) A.E. Porsild
Cochlearia officinalis subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) Hultén
Cochlearia officinalis var. arctica (Schltdl.) Gelert
Cochleariopsis groenlandica (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Cochleariopsis groenlandica subsp. arctica (Schltdl.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Cochleariopsis groenlandica subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) A. Löve & D. Löve

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