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Coralroot bittercress or coral root

Cardamine bulbifera

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Cardamine bulbifera, known as coralroot bittercress or coral root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to 70 cm (28 in) tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. At the base of each leaf there are bulbils which can fall off and grow into new plants. The flowers have petals that are 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long collected in corymbose few-flowered racemes and are generally light purple, pink or almost white. It is found in damp places.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Cardamine bulbifera
Slug
cardamine-bulbifera
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cardamine
Species
bulbifera
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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