Narrowleaf Bittercress

Cardamine impatiens

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Botanical name
Cardamine impatiens
Also known as
Narrow-Leaf Bittercress, Narrow-Leaved Bitter-Cress, Narrow-Leaved Bittercress, Narrowleaf Bittercress, Touch-Me-Not Bittercress
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cardamine
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Narrowleaf Bittercress

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 impatiens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cardamine apetala Cardamine apetala Cardamine basisagittata Cardamine brachycarpa Cardamine dasycarpa Cardamine glaphyropoda Cardamine glaphyropoda var. crenata Cardamine impatiens f. humilis Cardamine impatiens prol. elongata Cardamine impatiens subsp. elongata Cardamine impatiens subsp. impatiens Cardamine impatiens var. acutifolia Cardamine impatiens var. angustifolia Cardamine impatiens var. dasycarpa Cardamine impatiens var. eriocarpa Cardamine impatiens var. fumaria Cardamine impatiens var. impatiens Cardamine impatiens var. longipes Cardamine impatiens var. microphylla Cardamine impatiens var. minor Cardamine impatiens var. obtusifolia Cardamine impatiens var. pilosa Cardamine impatiens var. tenuissima Cardamine miyabei Cardamine nakaiana Cardamine saxatilis Cardamine senanensis Crucifera impatiens Ghinia impatiens

Others in Cardamine

Cardamine violacea
Cardamine × fringsii
Cardamine × helleriana
Cardamine × incisa
Cardamine × ambigua
Cardamine × digenea
Cardamine × enriquei
Cardamine × fischeriana

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