Brassicaceae — Mustard Family
Cardamine douglassii Britton
Cardamine douglassii Britton
Cardamine douglassii Britton is a spring-flowering mustard relative native to eastern North America with specific regional conservation statuses.
Cardamine enneaphyllos (L.) Crantz
Cardamine enneaphyllos (L.) Crantz
Cardamine enneaphyllos is a spreading rhizomatous geophyte flowering plant in Brassicaceae, native to parts of Europe, that prefers shady spots.
Cardamine flexuosa With.
Cardamine flexuosa With.
Cardamine flexuosa With. is a small low-growing flowering plant eaten as an aromatic herb in Northeast India.
Cardamine heptaphylla (L.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine heptaphylla (L.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine heptaphylla is a deciduous perennial herb native to Central and Southern Europe that grows in mountain forests on calcareous soil.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta, hairy bittercress, is an edible annual plant native to Eurasia and Africa that explosively disperses its seeds.
Cardamine impatiens L.
Cardamine impatiens L.
Cardamine impatiens is a slender biennial herb in Brassicaceae, native to temperate Eurasia, that ejects seeds from drying pods.
Cardamine macrophylla Willd.
Cardamine macrophylla Willd.
Cardamine macrophylla Willd. is a 30 - 70 cm (up to 1 m) tall perennial herb with creeping rhizomes, pinnate leaves, lilac - to - purplish - red flowers, oblong seeds, and high diversity in leaflet size and margin morphology.
Cardamine nuttallii Greene
Cardamine nuttallii Greene
Cardamine nuttallii Greene is a small perennial herb with rhizomes, lobed leaves, pale flowers, and silique fruits up to 4 cm long.
Cardamine occulta Hornem.
Cardamine occulta Hornem.
Cardamine occulta (hidden bittercress) is an annual/biennial flowering mustard native to East and Southeast Asia, introduced widely elsewhere.
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.
Cardamine oligosperma is an edible annual/biennial herb native to moist mountain habitats of western North America.
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl.
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl.
Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. is a hairless biennial herb that grows in moist to wet areas, bearing white four-petaled flowers from April to October.
Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz
Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz
Cardamine pentaphyllos is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to parts of Europe, that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Cardamine pratensis L.
Cardamine pratensis L.
Cardamine pratensis L. is a herbaceous perennial edible ornamental plant widespread in Europe that hosts the orange-tip butterfly.
Cardamine quinquefolia (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.
Cardamine quinquefolia (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.
Cardamine quinquefolia is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant used as garden groundcover that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Cardamine resedifolia L.
Cardamine resedifolia L.
The lectotype of Cardamine resedifolia L. is an icon from 1620, and the epitype was collected in France in 1974 at about 2,400 m by A. Polatschek (specimen at W).
Cardamine trifolia L.
Cardamine trifolia L.
Cardamine trifolia is a creeping perennial flowering Brassicaceae species native to central and southern Europe, recommended as shady garden ground cover.
Carrichtera annua (L.) DC.
Carrichtera annua (L.) DC.
Carrichtera annua, commonly Ward's weed, is the only species in the Brassicaceae genus Carrichtera, native to parts of Eurasia, North Africa, and Macaronesia, and invasive where introduced.
Catolobus pendulus (L.) Al-Shehbaz
Catolobus pendulus (L.) Al-Shehbaz
Catolobus pendulus is the only species in the monotypic Brassicaceae genus Catolobus, native from eastern Europe to temperate Asia.
Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC.
Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC.
Chorispora tenella, or purple mustard, is an annual herb with lavender to magenta scented flowers and long seed capsules.
Cochlearia danica L.
Cochlearia danica L.
Danish scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica) is a salt-tolerant brassica now thriving on salty European motorways, rich in vitamin C to prevent scurvy.
Cochlearia groenlandica L.
Cochlearia groenlandica L.
Cochlearia groenlandica, or polar scurvygrass, is a circumpolar Arctic flowering plant that reproduces only by seed.
Cochlearia officinalis L.
Cochlearia officinalis L.
Cochlearia officinalis L., a vitamin C-rich European coastal/mountain plant, was historically used as a scurvy treatment.
Crambe maritima L.
Crambe maritima L.
Crambe maritima L. (sea kale) is a European coastal halophyte perennial with a long history of culinary use in Britain.
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton
Descurainia pinnata, common tansymustard, is a variable weedy annual mustard native to North America with known human and ecological uses.
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