Family Index

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Scientific Name

Cardamine gunnii

Family Name

BRASSICACEAE

Common Name

Tuberous Bittercress

Status

Height

stems 0.1m - 0.3m (10-30cm)

Flowers

White with oval petals, shortly clawed and borne in spikes which elongate in fruiting stage

Fruit

Capsule (siliqua)

Form

Perennial herb with slender rhizomes. Leaf bases of rosette persistent for a season.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Moist places

Habitat Notes

Common in moist places through a wide range of altitudes.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit, a 2-lobed capsule, 2-3 cm long, narrow , with conspicuous veins and borneon spreading stalks.

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