Cardamine nuttallii Greene (Q3582)

taxon name

Cardamine nuttallii

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taxon authority

Greene

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

cardamine de Nuttall (French)

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Nuttall's toothwort (English)

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beautiful bittercress (English)

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slender toothwort (English)

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palmate toothwort (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

3957

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distribution

CA-BC

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.

CA-BC

B.C.

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-WA

Wash.

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parent taxon

Cardamine Linnaeus

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

3045720

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering Mar–May.

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taxon habitat

open pine forests

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damp woods

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shaded bottomlands

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mossy slopes

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streamsides

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shaded

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moist hillsides

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elevation

150-1000 m

measurement range from

150 meter

measurement range to

1,000 meter

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special status

E

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taxon description fragment

Rhizomes (tuberiform, fragile), with ovoid to oblong or cylindrical nodal swellings, slender, 2–5 mm diam., (fleshy).

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d0_s2

Stems erect, unbranched, 0.5–2 (–3) dm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent distally.

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d0_s3

Rhizomal leaves simple or 3 (or 5) -foliolate, (3–) 4–20 (–25) cm, leaflets petiolulate or subsessile;

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d0_s4

petiole (2–) 3–18 (–21) cm;

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d0_s5

lateral leaflets (when present) petiolulate to subsessile, blade similar to terminal, sometimes smaller;

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d0_s6

terminal leaflet (subsessile or petiolule 0.2–3 cm), blade (simple leaf or terminal leaflet) reniform to suborbicular or ovate to oblong, (0.9–) 1.3–4 (–5.2) cm × (8–) 12–50 (–70) mm, base cordate to obtuse, margins crenate, dentate, or 5–7-lobed, (apiculae terminating teeth or lobes, surfaces glabrous).

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d0_s7

Cauline leaves 1–3, 3 (or 5) -foliolate, (appearing palmate), petiolate, leaflets petiolulate or sessile;

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d0_s8

petiole (0.2–) 0.5–2 (–3) cm, base not auriculate;

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d0_s9

lateral leaflets sessile, blade similar to terminal, smaller;

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d0_s10

terminal leaflet petiolulate or sessile, blade broadly ovate to oblong or linear, (0.5–) 1–3.5 (–6) cm, margins usually entire or dentate, rarely lobed.

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d0_s11

Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate, 10–35 mm.

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d0_s13

Flowers: sepals oblong, 3.5–5 × 1.5–2 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

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d0_s14

petals usually purple to pale-pink, rarely white, obovate, 10–15 × 4–7.5 mm, (not clawed, apex rounded);

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d0_s15

filaments: median pairs 5–8 mm, lateral pair 3.5–5 mm;

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d0_s16

anthers oblong, 1.5–2 mm.

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d0_s17

Fruits linear, 2.5–5.6 cm × 2–2.3 mm;

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d0_s18

ovules 8–16 per ovary;

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d0_s19

style 4–8 mm.

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d0_s20

Seeds dark-brown, oblong, 2–2.5 × 1.4–1.6 mm.

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d0_s21

morphology statement

orientation

erect

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d0_s3

unbranched

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d0_s3

2

3

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d0_s3

0.5

2

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d0_s3

pubescence

glabrous

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d0_s3

pubescence

pubescent

sparsely; distally

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d0_s3

simple

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d0_s4

3-foliolate

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d0_s4

3

4

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d0_s4

20

25

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d0_s4

4

20

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d0_s4

2

3

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d0_s5

18

21

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d0_s5

3

18

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d0_s5

structure subtype

terminal

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d0_s6

size

smaller

sometimes

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d0_s6

reniform

suborbicular or ovate

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d0_s7

atypical length

0.9

1.3

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d0_s7

atypical length

4

5.2

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d0_s7

1.3

4

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d0_s7

atypical width

8

12

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d0_s7

atypical width

50

70

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d0_s7

12

50

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d0_s7

inflorescence phyllaries base

cordate

obtuse

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d0_s7

crenate

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d0_s7

dentate

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d0_s7

5-7-lobed

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d0_s7

dentate

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d0_s7

5-7-lobed

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d0_s7

quantity

1

3

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d0_s8

3-foliolate

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d0_s8

petiolate

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d0_s8

0.2

0.5

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d0_s9

2

3

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d0_s9

0.5

2

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d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

auriculate

not

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d0_s9

structure subtype

terminal

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d0_s10

size

smaller

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d0_s10

broadly ovate

oblong or linear

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d0_s11

0.5

1

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d0_s11

3.5

6

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d0_s11

1

3.5

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d0_s11

entire

usually

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d0_s11

dentate

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d0_s11

lobed

rarely

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d0_s11

oblong

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d0_s14

3.5

5

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d0_s14

1.5

2

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d0_s14

lateral

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d0_s14

saccate

basally

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d0_s14

coloration

usually purple

pale-pink

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d0_s15

coloration

white

rarely

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d0_s15

obovate

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d0_s15

10

15

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d0_s15

4

7.5

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d0_s15

median

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d0_s16

5

8

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d0_s16

lateral

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d0_s16

3.5

5

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d0_s16

inflorescence flower anther

oblong

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d0_s17

inflorescence flower anther

1.5

2

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d0_s17

fruit

arrangement

course

linear

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d0_s18

fruit

2.5

5.6

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d0_s18

fruit

2

2.3

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d0_s18

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil ovule

quantity

8

16

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d0_s19

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

4

8

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d0_s20

coloration

dark-brown

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d0_s21

oblong

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d0_s21

2

2.5

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d0_s21

1.4

1.6

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d0_s21

stem rhizome

size

slender

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d0_s2

stem rhizome

diameter

2

5

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d0_s2

petiolulate

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d0_s4

subsessile

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d0_s4

petiolulate

subsessile

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d0_s6

petiolulate

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d0_s8

sessile

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d0_s8

sessile

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d0_s10

petiolulate

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d0_s11

sessile

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d0_s11

ebracteate

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d0_s13

orientation

ascending

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d0_s13

arrangement

divaricate

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d0_s13

10

35

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