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Cardamine resedifolia

Mignonette Leaved Bittercress

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Common names

Mignonette Leaved Bittercress.

Scientific name

Cardamine resedifolia L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Cespitose with many stems that are 5 to 15 cm tall. Stem leaves with auricles. Basal leaves simple to trifoliolate. Petals 5 - 6 mm long, twice as long as the calyx, white. Siliques 1.2 to 2 cm long. Blooms June-August¹.

Habitat

Wet stony slopes².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the Rila and Pirin mountains, where it grows between 1,800 and 2,500 meters (5,900 to 8,200 feet) altitude³.

General distribution

Central and Southern Europe⁴ and North Africa.

Map of general distribution⁵:

References

1 Асенов, Ив. 1970. Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, издателство на БАН, София.

2 Асенов, Ив. 1970. Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, издателство на БАН, София.

3 Асенов, Ив. 1970. Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, издателство на БАН, София.

4 Асенов, Ив. 1970. Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, издателство на БАН, София.

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