Cardamine occidentalis is a species of Cardamine known by the common name big western bittercress. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northwestern California, where it grows in moist mountain habitats.

Description

Cardamine occidentalis is a perennial herb growing from very small rhizomes. It produces a branching erect or leaning stem which may root at nodes. There is a basal array of leaves, each on a petiole and divided into many leaflets. There are also several leaves along the stem. The flower has white petals each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a silique 2 to 3 centimeters long.

Cardamine occidentalis

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - Cardamine occidentalis

Cardamine occidentalis - USDA Plants Profile

occidentalis

Flora of Alaska

Flora of California

Flora of the West Coast of the United States

Flora without expected TNC conservation status

Cardamine occidentalis