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Cardamine hirsuta L.

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Cardamine hirsuta L., Sp. Pl. 655 (1753)
Cardamine hirsuta L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
655
ICN
Cardamine hirsuta L.
species
Cardamine hirsuta
The specific epithet hirsuta (Latin: hairy) probably alludes to the hairy leaves.

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hirsuta

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Cardamine hirsuta L.

Annual herb. Rhizomes 0. Stems often many from base of plant, suberect, glabrous, straight, green or purplish, 10-25-(40) cm tall. Lvs thin, green, sparsely hairy above and sometimes on petiole. Rosette lvs pinnate, petiolate; terminal leaflet circular, bluntly lobed, truncate to cordate, slightly > laterals; lateral leaflets in (1)-2-3-(4) pairs, ovate, bluntly lobed to entire, truncate to cordate and ± unequal at base; petiolules < leaflets. Cauline lvs pinnate, petiolate; terminal leaflet = to slightly > laterals, obovate to narrow-oblanceolate, cuneate, entire to bluntly lobed; lateral leaflets in 2-3 pairs, obovate, becoming narrow-oblanceolate, truncate becoming cuneate at base, bluntly lobed to entire; petiolules short. Infl. racemose, straight, glabrous, (5)-10-15 cm long. Pedicels glabrous, erecto-patent, (4)-6-10-(13) mm long at fruiting. Sepals sparsely hairy, purplish, pinkish or green, 1-2 × 0.4-0.6 mm; margins scarious. Petals white, erect, spathulate, 2-3 × 0.5-0.8 mm. Stamens 4-(6). Silique pale yellowish green, rarely with purplish valves, erect, (10)-15-20-(25) × 1-1.3 mm; valves glabrous or hairy; style c. 0.5 mm long. Seeds reddish brown, broad-oblong, very narrowly winged, c. 1 mm long.

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Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Cardamine hirsuta L.
Australia
Victoria
Cardamine hirsuta L.
China
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Cardamine hirsuta L.
United Kingdom

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Etymology
The specific epithet hirsuta (Latin: hairy) probably alludes to the hairy leaves.

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540a3745-9772-4c20-8b50-fcdde0ec7702
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 January 2018
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