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Scientific Name

Cardamine paucijuga

Family Name

BRASSICACEAE

Common Name

Annual Bittercress

Status

Height

Flowers

In terminal groups c 3mm long, white or pink.

Fruit

Capsule (siliqua)

Form

Annual herb, sometimes hairy, with leafy flowering stems and basal rosette.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Rocky places in the eastern mountains.

Site Tolerance

Rocky

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Leaves sometimes purple underneath. 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

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