Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cardamine franklinensis
Common name
Franklin Bitter-cress
Family
Brassicaceae
Where found
Subalpine areas. ACT, the mountains to the west, Kosciuszko National Park, and tablelands south of the ACT.
Notes
Erect perennial herb to 0.3 m high, with a taproot. Basal leaves to 15 cm long, entire and spoon-shaped or sometimes compound, forming a more or less dense rosette. Stem leaves 0-3, alternating up the stems, 1–5 cm long, compound, becoming smaller in size up the stem. Flowers with 4 petals each 4.5–7 mm long, all white, pink, or white inside and pink on the outside. 6 stamens. Flowers usually in many-flowered clusters. Flowers spring.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Endangered Vic. Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Vic.
PlantNET description with line drawings and photos of dried specimens: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cardamine~franklinensis (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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