- Family:
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus:
- Cardamine L.
Cardamine obliqua Hochst. ex A.Rich.

[FTEA]
Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb, with single to numerous shoots arising from a creeping rhizome.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems 10–120 cm. long, decumbent to ascending or nearly erect, basally often much branched, rooting, persistent, often with sprouting new shoots, glabrous to densely pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnate, oblong in outline, 2–17 cm. long, 1–6 cm. broad, with long (in the uppermost short) non-clasping petioles, glabrous to densely hispidulous; rosette and cauline leaves with leaflets of similar shape, only in the uppermost narrower; leaflets elliptic to suborbicular in outline, obtuse to acute, truncate to cuneate, entire to coarsely dentate or incised (in vigorous specimens occasionally with secondary leaflets); terminal leaflet usually larger than the laterals, petioled; lateral leaflets sessile or with up to 20 mm. long petioles in 2–5 pairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes mostly terminal with 5–30 flowers on 2–5 mm. long pedicels, in fruit elongate with ascending 10–20 mm. long pedicels with ± erect siliquae.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals green to purplish with white margins, 2–4 mm. long, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, pink or violet, spathulate, obtuse, at least twice as long as the sepals.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6, the longer filaments broadly linear, the shorter widening basally; anthers 1–1.5 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary cylindrical, with a short narrow style and rather flat stigma.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Siliqua glabrous, linear, 14–60 mm. long, 1–2.1 mm. broad, tapered towards the style, which is 1.8–4 mm. long and 0.5–0.8 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reddish brown, suborbicular to oblong in outline, 1.2–2.2 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. broad, finely rugose.
- Habitat
- In moist forest, moors, on shores of lakes and streams (montane forest to alpine belts); 2000–4900 m.
- Distribution
- also on the Zaire and Rwanda side of the Ruwenzori and Virunga Mts. and in the Ethiopian highlands K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 T2 T6 T7 U2 U3
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2150–3000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Caldas, Cauca, Nariño.
- Habit
- Herb.
[CPLC]
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
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2150 - 3000 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zaïre
Cardamine obliqua Hochst. ex A.Rich. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 1, 1988 | Townsend, C.C. [2210], Kenya | K000332960 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1988 | Townsend, C.C. [2253], Kenya | K000332961 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1988 | Townsend, C.C. [2442], Kenya | K000332962 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1979 | Schimper [989], Ethiopia | K000230709 | isotype | No | |
Jan 1, 1979 | Dent [1310], Kenya | K000332970 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1979 | Bally, P.R.O. [2798], Kenya | K000332966 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1978 | Thulin, M. [s.n.], Kenya | K000332971 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1953 | Rob, E. [1376], Kenya | K000332967 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1953 | Hedberg, O. [862], Kenya | K000332968 | No | ||
Schimper [989], Ethiopia | K000230711 | Yes | |||
Schimper [15], Ethiopia | K000230710 | Yes | |||
Bogdan, A. [5146], Kenya | K000332965 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [15094], Kenya | K000332963 | No | |||
Coe, M. [743], Kenya | K000332964 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [28], Kenya | K000332969 | No | |||
Jan 1, 1963 | Hinton, B. [6080], Mexico | Cardamine obliqua var. stylosa | K000485041 | isotype | Yes |
Goudot [s.n.], Colombia | Cardamine tolimensis | K000485014 | Yes |
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 19 (1847)
Accepted by
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
- Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Jonsell, B. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cruciferae: 1-73.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- 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
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 260 (1915).
- A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 19 (1847).
- Agnew & Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 97 (1974).
- Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 153 (1954).
- Hedb. in Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 49 (1964).
- Jonsell in Bot. Notis. 129: 125 (1976).
- Muschler in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 220 (1911).
- O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 92 (1957).
- O.E. Schulz in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 517 (1903).
- O.E. Schulz in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 9: 1106 (1927).
- Robyns & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 536 (1951).
- Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 216 (1948).
- Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 1: 75 (1867).
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