| Cardamine hyperborea O. E. Schulz |
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Family | Cruciferae — APG family: Brassicaceae |
Synonyms | Cardamine digitata Richards., Cardamine richardsonii Hult. |
Description | Glabrous; basal leaves in row from slender, horizontal rhizome, which breaks off easily and is often missing in herbarium specimens; basal leaves with 2-3 pairs of linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, blunt or somewhat acute leaflets, often with an extra unpaired leaflet at base; apical leaflet similar to lateral; stem leaves irregu- larly lobed, with linear, acute leaflets; petals 5-8 mm long, white or pinkish, twice as long as sepals; siliques ascending, with style about 2 mm long. |
Ecology | Wet slopes in the mountains, to at least 1,100 meters, and on tundra. Described from Mackenzie district, Barren Grounds. |