Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Cardamine paucijuga
Annual Bittercress
Brassicaceae
Moist forest and along streams, and other habitats near permanent or seasonally wet areas. Widespread.
Annual or possibly perennial herb to 0.4 m high, erect or sprawling, taprooted, sometimes also with fibrous roots. Hairless, occasionally hairy. Leaves 2-12 cm long, basal and alternating up the stems, compound, with 3-11 leaflets. Leaflets variable from kidney shaped or oval to linear, the terminal leaflet the largest and sometimes lobed. Flowers with 4 petals each 3–6 mm long, white or rarely pink. Stamens 6. Sepals sometimes with white margins. Flowers in few to many-flowered clusters. Flowers Spring to Autumn.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cardamine~paucijuga (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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