Cardamine violacea
Large Bitter-Cress
Cardamine amara
L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Cardamine amara
- Also known as
- Large Bitter-Cress
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Large Bitter-Cress
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cardamine amara but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cardamine amara f. lilacina
Cardamine amara f. minor
Cardamine amara f. monochlamydea
Cardamine amara f. stricta
Cardamine amara var. aequiloba
Cardamine amara var. aquatica
Cardamine amara var. erubescens
Cardamine amara var. interrupta
Cardamine amara var. macrophylla
Cardamine amara var. petiolulata
Cardamine amara var. trisecta
Cardamine austriaca
Cardamine borealis
Cardamine grandis
Cardamine macrophylla
Cardamine melananthera
Cardamine melanthera
Cardamine nasturtiana
Cardamine triphylla
Crucifera amara
Ghinia amara
Others in Cardamine
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