A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
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Brassicaceae » Cardamine occidentalis
Last updated 4/25/2020 by David Giblin.
Cardamine occidentalis (S. Watson) Howell[FNA7, HC, HC2]
western bittercress
Publication: Fl. N.W. Amer. 50. 1897.
Origin: Native
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: Washington reports and specimens (WTU) called Cardamine penduliflora appear to be Cardamine occidentalis. They lack the diagnostic long petals and prolonged fruit beak of C. penduliflora, a western Oregon endemic.
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Cardamine neglecta Greene
Cardamine pratensis L. ssp. occidentalis S. Watson
