Tiny white-flowered Brassicaceae

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Tiny white-flowered Brassicaceae

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Maybe smt interesting here...


I found few tiny plants (definitely Brassicacea) with very small white flowers that reminded me of Erophila post on this forum. All the leaves shown in the photo are the actual ones of the plant. Found in the shade at Buskett (ie not a coastal area)

The pods of Erophila are silicules (from internet images) while these plants in the photo have siliqua, so it's probably not Erophila verna.

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I 'Haslamed' the plant and it is only Cardamine hirsuta - probably nothing so "interesting"
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yes, you are right- it is also in the next edition of Webers book as he told me!
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Great! :wink:
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