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Richardson's bittercress

Habit Perennials; glabrous throughout.
Rhizomes

cylindrical, slender, 0.5–1.5 mm diam.

Stems

erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1–2(–3) dm.

Rhizomal leaves

pinnately 5 or 7-foliolate, (2–)4–10 cm, (not fleshy), leaflets sessile;

petiole (1.5–)3–7(–9) cm;

lateral leaflets similar to terminal, blade sometimes smaller;

terminal leaflet blade linear to narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, (0.5–)1–2.5(–3.3) cm × 0.5–4(–8) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire.

Cauline leaves

(1 or) 2 or 3, 5 or 7-foliolate, petiolate, leaflets sessile;

petiole (0.2–)0.5–1.2(–1.5) cm, base not auriculate;

lateral leaflets similar to terminal, blade smaller;

terminal leaflet blade narrowly lanceolate to linear, 1–3.2(–4) cm × 0.8–2.5(–3.5) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (apex acute to acuminate).

Racemes

ebracteate.

Flowers

sepals ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally;

petals white, obovate, 5–9 × 2.5–5 mm (clawed, apex rounded);

filaments: median pairs 3–4.5 mm, lateral pair 1.5–2.5 mm;

anthers oblong, 1–1.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

suberect to divaricate-ascending, (7–)10–25 mm.

Fruits

linear, (1.5–)2–4 cm × 1.5–2 mm;

ovules 6–12 per ovary;

style (1–)1.5–2.5(–4) mm.

Seeds

brown, oblong, 1.8–2.2 × 0.9–1.1 mm.

2n

= 28, 42.

Cardamine digitata

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Damp flats, stream banks, tundra, meadows, bluffs, hummocks, sandy beaches, slopes, mossy mats, sedge swales
Elevation 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; NT; YT; ne Asia (Russian Far East, Siberia)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 472.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Cardamine
Sibling taxa
C. angulata, C. angustata, C. bellidifolia, C. blaisdellii, C. breweri, C. bulbosa, C. californica, C. clematitis, C. concatenata, C. constancei, C. cordifolia, C. diphylla, C. dissecta, C. douglassii, C. flagellifera, C. flexuosa, C. hirsuta, C. holmgrenii, C. impatiens, C. longii, C. macrocarpa, C. maxima, C. micranthera, C. microphylla, C. nuttallii, C. nymanii, C. occidentalis, C. oligosperma, C. pachystigma, C. parviflora, C. pattersonii, C. penduliflora, C. pensylvanica, C. pratensis, C. purpurea, C. rotundifolia, C. rupicola, C. umbellata
Synonyms C. digitata var. oxyphylla, C. hyperborea, C. hyperborea var. oxyphylla, C. richardsonii
Name authority Richardson: in J. Franklin, Narr. Journey Polar Sea, 743. (1823)
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