Cardamine hirsuta L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Hairy Bitter-cress
🇫🇷 Cardamine hérissée, Cardamine hirsute, Cresson de muraille

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
Tribe: Cardamineae
Genus: Cardamine
Species: Cardamine hirsuta

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. flexuosa With., 1796, whose flowers always have 6 stamens, while those of C. hirsuta have 4-6 stamens.

Possible confusion with C. parviflora L., 1759, which is completely glabrous.

Hybridizes with C. flexuosa With., 1796 to produce C. × zahlbruckneriana O.E.Schulz, 1903, P.

Photographs

img/cardamine-hirsuta.webp — Cardamine hirsuta

img/cardamine-hirsuta-2.webp — Cardamine hirsuta

img/cardamine-hirsuta-4.webp — Cardamine hirsuta - Basal leaves

img/cardamine-hirsuta-3.webp — Cardamine hirsuta - Flowers close-up

img/cardamine-hirsuta-5.webp — Cardamine hirsuta - Unripe fruits

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 580). Biotope.