Species name :

Cardamine flexuosa Withering
Published in Arr. Br. Pl. ed. 3, 3: 578 (1796)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Brassicaceae Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Wavy Bittercress, Woodland Bittercress

Maltese name(s) :

Maltese name not known

Status for Malta :

Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

Mar-Sep

Colour of Flowers:

White

Habitat in Europe:

Damp, usually shady places

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Botanical Description:

Biennial to perennial, occasionally annual, 10-50 cm; stem flexuous, hairy, especially at the base. Lowest leaves pinnate, with 2-7(8) pairs of ovate to reniform lateral leaflets and a somewhat larger terminal leaflet; cauline leaves 4-10, larger than the basal, with 2-6(7) pairs of ovate-lanceolate leaflets; leaflets dentate to entire. Pedicels 2-3 mm at anthesis. Petals 2.5-4(-5) mm, about twice as long as the sepals; stamens 6 (sometimes fewer). Siliqua (8-)12-25 x 1-1.5 mm, erecto-patent, scarcely overtopping the flowers; style 1-1.5 mm, conical. Seeds 1-1.4 x 0.8-0.9 mm.

Chromosome number:

2n=32

Distributional range:

Europe, from about 25° E. westwards.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

All Europe except the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Crete, Greece, Iceland, Russia and former USSR,N C K E Svalbard archipelago, Turkey (European part)

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

Ag Al Au(A) Be(B L) BH Br Bu By Cg Co Cs Ct Da Es Fa Fe Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu It La Lt Lu Ma Mk No Po Rf Rm ?Sa Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Su Uk(U)

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