Family Index

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Scientific Name

Cardamine astoniae

Family Name

BRASSICACEAE

Common Name

Spreading Bittercress

Status

Height

25cm

Flowers

Flowers with all white or pink petals, 6-11mm long, are borne in a many-flowered flowerhead.

Fruit

Capsule (siliqua)

Form

Perennial herb with stems that grow along the ground and root at the nodes, and erect, unbranched flowering stems.

Municipalities

Kentish

Communities

Habitat Notes

Subalpine and alpine habitats.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Oct

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Sowing Months

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Nov

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Cutting Months

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes