Cardamine hirsuta L.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 3250 m.; Andes.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba

Conservation

No Evaluada

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–3250 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Quindío, Santander.

Habit

Herb.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

Cruciferae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit

Small annual, often much-branched or tufted at the base

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals white.

Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology General Habit

Usually annual, branching from the base but not or very sparsely above (occasionally perennating and then branched above and devoid of leaf-rosette).

Morphology Stem

Stems erect or (in tall specimens) curving, 5–30 cm. high, glabrous or with scattered hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Basal leaves forming a distinct rosette, cauline leaves rather few; all leaves pinnatipartite, with a terminal and 2–6 pairs of lateral leaflets, 1.5–10 cm. long (including petiole); petiole not auriculate, with a few straight hairs at its base; leaflets rhombic, ovate, orbicular or reniform, truncate to broadly cuneate (in upper leaves also narrowly cuneate), entire to deeply crenate, occasionally with secondary lobes, glabrous or with scattered hairs; terminal leaflet 5–15 mm. long, 3–20 mm. broad, distinctly petioled, the lateral ones oblique, 2–10 mm. long, 2–11 mm. broad, nearly sessile or with a petiole up to the length of the leaflet.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes terminal, very dense, with several small whitish flowers, in fruit rather lax (up to ± 10 cm. long); pedicels in fruit ascending, 3–8 mm. long, with erect siliquae overtopping the flowers.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals green with narrow white margins, oblong, obtuse, ± 1.5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals white, narrowly spathulate, usually 2–3 mm. long (rarely absent).

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 6–4; anthers ± 0.4 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary cylindrical, with a very short style narrower than the ovary, and a flat stigma.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Siliqua glabrous, linear, 12–27 mm. long, ± 1 mm. broad, with a 0.5–1 mm. long and ± 0.4 mm. broad style.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds reddish brown with a vestigial wing, broadly oblong to suborbicular in outline, ± 1 mm. long and 0.8 mm. broad, minutely colliculate.

Habitat

Slightly moist, rather open ground; 300–4600 m.

Distribution

elsewhere native at least to Europe, widespread more or less as a weed over most cultivated parts of the world K3 K4 T2 T3 U2 U3

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident