Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cardamine robusta
Common name
A Bitter-cress
Family
Brassicaceae
Where found
Moist boulder screes and stream and lake margins. Kosciuszko National Park and ACT. Western edge of the ranges south of Bombala.
Notes
Rhizomatous perennial herb to 0.3 m high, sprawling, forming dense swards up to 1 m or more in diameter. Stems hairless, with conspicuous leaf scars towards the base. Basal leaves forming a rosette distinctly above ground level, to 25 cm long, compound, with 3-7 leaflets. Stem leaves 0–4, alternating up the stems, similar to the basal leaves but becoming shorter up the stem, the leaflets becoming narrower. Flowers with 4 white petals each about 8–12 mm long, and 6 stamens. Flowers in few- to many-flowered clusters. Flowers late spring to early autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cardamine~robusta (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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