Cardamine cordifolia var. incana (Heartleaf Bittercress)

Family

BRASSICACEAE

Synonyms

CARDAMINE CARDIOPHYLLA RYDB; CARDAMINE INFAUSTA GREENE;; CARDAMINE CORDIFOLIA GRAY VAR. PUBESCENS GRAY EX O.E. SCHULZ; CARDAMINE INCANA (GRAY) A. NELS.

Common Name

Heartleaf Bittercress

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
								D

Distribution

Colorado and Utah (Rollins 1993). Weber & Wittmann (1996) state that southern Colorado counties have populations with strongly pubescent leaves. According to Welsh et al. (1993), all Utah plants are var. cordifolia.

Habitat

Stream margins, cold springs, creek bottoms (Rollins 1993).

Important Literature

Rollins, R.C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.

Spackman, S., B. Jennings, J. Coles, C. Dawson, M. Minton, A. Kratz and C. Spurrier. 1997. Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide. Prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program.

Weber, W.A. and R.C. Wittmann. 1996. Colorado flora: Western Slope, Second edition. University Press of Colorado.

Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich and L.C. Higgins. 1993. A Utah flora, Second edition, revised. Jones Endowment Fund, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Atwood, D, J. Holland, R. Bolander, B. Franklin, D.E. House, L. Armstrong, K. Thorne, and L. England. No date (about 1990). Utah threatened, endangered, and sensitive plant field guide.

1895. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5:620. (Original Citation)

Information Compiled By

David L. Bleakly 1998

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