Cardamine angustata

O. E. Schulz

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 349. 1903.

Endemic
Synonyms: Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana E. B. Smith Dentaria heterophylla
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 467. Mentioned on page 224, 466, 468.

Perennials; usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent. Rhizomes (tuberiform, fragile) moniliform, segments fusiform, 3–6 mm diam. (fleshy). Stems erect, unbranched, 1.2–3 (–4) dm, glabrous or pubescent. Rhizomal leaves 3-foliolate, to 24 cm, leaflets petiolulate or subsessile; petiole (3–) 5–12 (–16) cm; lateral leaflets subsessile or petiolulate (0.2–1 cm), blade similar to terminal leaflet or smaller; terminal leaflet (petiolule) (0.2–) 0.5–1.5 (–2) cm, blade broadly ovate to rhombic-obovate, 1.5–6 (–8) cm, base usually cuneate, rarely subtruncate, margins coarsely dentate to crenate or 3-lobed, surfaces puberulent or not. Cauline leaves 2 (or 3), 3-foliolate (usually alternate, rarely opposite, different in morphology from rhizomal), petiolate, leaflets petiolulate or sessile; petiole 0.5–2 cm, base not auriculate; lateral leaflets sessile, blade similar to terminal, smaller, margins usually dentate, rarely entire; terminal leaflet sessile or petiolulate, blade narrowly lanceolate to narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2–7 × 0.3–0.6 cm, margins minutely puberulent. Racemes ebracteate. Fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate, 15–40 mm. Flowers: sepals oblong, 5–7.5 × 1–2 mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally; petals purple to pale-pink, oblanceolate, 9–18 × 2–5 mm (clawed, apex rounded); filaments: median pairs 5–10 mm, lateral pair 3.5–8 mm; anthers linear, 1.5–3 mm. Fruits linear, 2.5–4 cm × 1.5–2.5 mm; ovules 8–12 per ovary; style (5–) 7–11 mm. Seeds dark-brown, oblong, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm. 2n = ca. 128.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Moist woods, wooded ridges and bottomlands, floodplains, shady ravines, streambeds
Elevation: 300-1300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Del., D.C., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md., Miss., N.J., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Cardamine heterophylla (Nuttall) Alph. Wood (1870), not Host (1797) is an illegitimate name, sometimes found in synonymy with C. angustata.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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linear +, oblong +  and ovate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +, Karol Marhold +  and Judita Lihová +
O. E. Schulz +
not auriculate +  and cuneate +
appendaged +  and unappendaged +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
compound +  and trifoliolate +
lobed +, 1-3-pinnatisect +, toothed +  and entire +
narrowly lanceolate;narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate +
smaller +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
urceolate +, campanulate +  and tubular +
branched +  and simple +
petiolate +  and 3-foliolate +
well-developed +
distinct +
differentiated +
emarginate +  and entire +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
300-1300 m +
straight +  and curved +
not winged +  and unappendaged +
connate +  and distinct +
lateral +  and median +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
not basally +  and saccate +
lilac;purple;lilac;purple;pink;white +
ascending +, spreading +  and erect +
oblanceolate +, spatulate +, obovate +, oblong +  and ovate +
latiseptate +  and unsegmented +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
angustiseptate +, 4-angled +  and terete +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
latiseptate +  and sessile +
torulose +, lanceolate +, oblong +  and linear +
Moist woods, wooded ridges and bottomlands, floodplains, shady ravines, streambeds +
semiannular +  and annular +
sessile +, petiolulate +  and subsessile +
compound +, pinnately +, trifoliolate +  and simple +
alternate +, not +  and rosulate +
basal +  and cauline +
sessile +, petiolulate +  and subsessile +
connate +  and distinct +
decurrent +
coarsely dentate;crenate or 3-lobed +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +  and anatropous +
purple +  and pale-pink +
9mm;18mm +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May. +
trinucleate +  and 3(-11)-colpate +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
stout +  and slender +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
flattened +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (24 cm240 mm <br />0.24 m <br />) +
moniliform +
not +  and mucilaginous +
winged +  and margined +
uniseriate +  and biseriate +
not +  and mucilaginous +
dark-brown +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
persistent +  and caducous +
distinct +
erect +  and spreading or ascending +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
reduced +
latiseptate +  and unsegmented +
angustiseptate +, 4-angled +  and terete +
latiseptate +  and unsegmented +
angustiseptate +, 4-angled +  and terete +
tetradynamous +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2-lobed +, entire +, conical +  and capitate +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
not +  and puberulent +
Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana +  and Dentaria heterophylla +
Cardamine angustata +
Cardamine +
species +
petiolulate +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
scale-like +  and forked +
pubescent +, , +  and glabrous +
anastomosing +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +, scapose +  and not +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
subshrub +  and herb +
aquatics +  and terrestrial +
glabrous +  and pubescent +