Cardamine flexuosa
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Vumba Botanic garden
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Vumba Botanic Garden
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Botanic Garden
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| Common names: | Wavy bittercress (English) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Annual, biennial or perennial herb. Stems up to 20 cm, flexuous, hairy especially below. Leaves imparipinnate; basal few, in a lax rosette, with 3-6 pairs of lateral leaflets and a larger terminal leaflet; stem leaves 4-10, ± sessile with 5 or more pairs of leaflets, all leaflets gland-toothed or ± lobed. Petals 2.5-3 mm, white. Sepals white-margined. Fruit 12-25 × 1 mm, ± erect on upwardly curved pedicels 6-13 mm. Seeds very narrowly winged. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flexuosa: zigzag, much bent (probably referring to the stem) |
| Habitat: | Weed in flower beds, gardens and lawns. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Europe to Iran and NW Africa; widely introduced elsewhere |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 28 January 2007 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 184 - 190. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 30. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cardamine flexuosaAfrican Plant Database: Cardamine flexuosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cardamine flexuosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cardamine flexuosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cardamine flexuosa
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iNaturalist: Cardamine flexuosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cardamine flexuosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Cardamine flexuosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cardamine flexuosa
Plants of the World Online: Cardamine flexuosa
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Wikipedia: Cardamine flexuosa