Cardamine hirsuta




Family Brassicaceae
Scientific name Cardamine hirsuta L.
Synonyms Cardamine hirsuta L. var. formosana Hayata; Ghinia hirsuta (L.) Bubani
Common name (Japanese common name) michi-tane-tsuke-bana (ミチタネツケバナ, 路種付花 [meaning: roadside rice seeding season flowers])
(English common name) hairy bitter-cress, common bittercress
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Russia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, India, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Zaire
Habitat field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=16 (2x)
Description Plants electing 3-30cm tall. Flowers 4 white petals each 2-3mm long, 4 (or merely 5) stamens, flowering in January to June. Winter annuall plants.
Reference Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta L.
Ecological distribution and phenology of an invasive species, Cardamine hirsuta L., and its native counterpart, Cardamine flexuosa With., in central Japan
Does invasion involve alternation of germination requirements? A comparative study between native and introduced strains of an annual Brassicaceae, Cardamine hirsuta
DNA sequences identify invasive alien Cardamine at Lake Constance
Plant transformation (WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/028979)
New genes related to a process for the production of fine chemicals (European Patent Application EP1953235/2008)
Note Naturalized plants.



March 2009
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March 2009
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March 2009
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March 2009
at my home
March 2009
at my home
March 2009
at my home