Cardamine L.
(bitter-cresses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cardamine amara
Large Bitter-cress
(Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Cardamine bulbifera
Coralroot, Coralroot Bittercress
Species 1 ident. refs
Cardamine flexuosa
Wavy Bittercress
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 37 images
Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 4 images
Cardamine impatiens
Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Cardamine pratensis
Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 25 images
Cardamine pratensis x flexuosa = C. x fringsii
a hybrid bitter-cress
Species hybrid 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCardamine (bitter-cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Cardamine (bitter-cresses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cardamine (bitter-cresses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cardamine (bitter-cresses)
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