Cardamine flexuosa Withering, 1796 39% complete

Greater bittercress

Arr. Brit. pl. ed. 3, 3:578. 1796

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cardamine flexuosa, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Withering No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Arr. Brit. pl. ed. 3, 3:578. 1796 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1796 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Greater bittercress No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Iran, NW. Africa No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
  • Superseded 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
Differs from sources
Flower color white
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape silique
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 50 cm
  • 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
  • Superseded 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jan, apr, may
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
  • Superseded jan, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 203, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 203, 882, 918
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 203, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489
  • Superseded 5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record