Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz, 1769 33% complete

Five-leaflet bitter-cress

Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 127 (1769)


Data sources

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded14 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Crantz No source recorded
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Bibliography Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 127 (1769) No source recorded
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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 1769 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Five-leaflet bitter-cress No source recorded
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Observations France to Slovenia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 30 cm Sourced
Biological type geophyte Sourced
Flower color blue, purple Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 45 cm Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months may, jun No source recorded
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Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 3 / 9 · shade No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
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Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record