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Cardamine flexuosa With.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine flexuosa With.

Cardamine flexuosa With.

Cardamine flexuosa With. is a small low-growing flowering plant eaten as an aromatic herb in Northeast India.

Cardamine heptaphylla (L.) O.E.Schulz
Brassicaceae

Cardamine heptaphylla (L.) O.E.Schulz

Cardamine heptaphylla (L.) O.E.Schulz

Cardamine heptaphylla is a deciduous perennial herb native to Central and Southern Europe that grows in mountain forests on calcareous soil.

Cardamine hirsuta L.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine hirsuta L.

Cardamine hirsuta L.

Cardamine hirsuta, hairy bittercress, is an edible annual plant native to Eurasia and Africa that explosively disperses its seeds.

Cardamine impatiens L.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine impatiens L.

Cardamine impatiens L.

Cardamine impatiens is a slender biennial herb in Brassicaceae, native to temperate Eurasia, that ejects seeds from drying pods.

Cardamine macrophylla Willd.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine macrophylla Willd.

Cardamine macrophylla Willd.

Cardamine macrophylla Willd. is a 30 - 70 cm (up to 1 m) tall perennial herb with creeping rhizomes, pinnate leaves, lilac - to - purplish - red flowers, oblong seeds, and high diversity in leaflet size and margin morphology.

Cardamine nuttallii Greene
Brassicaceae

Cardamine nuttallii Greene

Cardamine nuttallii Greene

Cardamine nuttallii Greene is a small perennial herb with rhizomes, lobed leaves, pale flowers, and silique fruits up to 4 cm long.

Cardamine occulta Hornem.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine occulta Hornem.

Cardamine occulta Hornem.

Cardamine occulta (hidden bittercress) is an annual/biennial flowering mustard native to East and Southeast Asia, introduced widely elsewhere.

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

Cardamine oligosperma Nutt.

Cardamine oligosperma is an edible annual/biennial herb native to moist mountain habitats of western North America.

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl.

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl.

Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. is a hairless biennial herb that grows in moist to wet areas, bearing white four-petaled flowers from April to October.

Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz
Brassicaceae

Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz

Cardamine pentaphyllos (L.) Crantz

Cardamine pentaphyllos is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to parts of Europe, that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Cardamine pratensis L.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine pratensis L.

Cardamine pratensis L.

Cardamine pratensis L. is a herbaceous perennial edible ornamental plant widespread in Europe that hosts the orange-tip butterfly.

Cardamine quinquefolia (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine quinquefolia (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.

Cardamine quinquefolia (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.

Cardamine quinquefolia is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant used as garden groundcover that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Cardamine resedifolia L.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine resedifolia L.

Cardamine resedifolia L.

The lectotype of Cardamine resedifolia L. is an icon from 1620, and the epitype was collected in France in 1974 at about 2,400 m by A. Polatschek (specimen at W).

Cardamine trifolia L.
Brassicaceae

Cardamine trifolia L.

Cardamine trifolia L.

Cardamine trifolia is a creeping perennial flowering Brassicaceae species native to central and southern Europe, recommended as shady garden ground cover.

Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino
Liliaceae

Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino

Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino

Cardiocrinum cordatum is a Northeast Asian lily-family plant native to Japan and Russian Okhotsk Sea islands, sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Cardionema ramosissima (Weinm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Caryophyllaceae

Cardionema ramosissima (Weinm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.

Cardionema ramosissima (Weinm.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.

Cardionema ramosissima is a prostrate mat-forming perennial herb used for beach erosion control, with a disjunct range across the Americas.

Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.
Sapindaceae

Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.

Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.

Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw. is a fast-growing evergreen herbaceous liana that can reach over 10 meters long.

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Sapindaceae

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Cardiospermum halicacabum, or balloon vine, is a climbing plant with a long history of traditional medicinal uses.

Carduus acanthoides L.
Asteraceae

Carduus acanthoides L.

Carduus acanthoides L.

Carduus acanthoides is a spiny thistle, native to Eurasia, introduced as an invasive weed to North America that benefits native bees.

Carduus crispus L.
Asteraceae

Carduus crispus L.

Carduus crispus L.

Carduus crispus L. is a thistle native to Eurasia with anti-tumor and pain-relieving properties, often a noxious weed in North America.

Carduus nutans L.
Asteraceae

Carduus nutans L.

Carduus nutans L.

Carduus nutans L. is a variable thistle species, native to Eurasia and North Africa, invasive elsewhere, with historical medicinal uses.

Carduus pycnocephalus L.
Asteraceae

Carduus pycnocephalus L.

Carduus pycnocephalus L.

Carduus pycnocephalus L. is a winter annual spiny thistle species, described here with all its key morphological features.

Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Asteraceae

Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis is a tall spiny thistle species that grows as a tenacious weed in disturbed areas, native to western Europe, Macaronesia, and western North Africa.

Carex acuta L.
Cyperaceae

Carex acuta L.

Carex acuta L.

Carex acuta L. is a rhizomatous wetland sedge found across parts of the Palaearctic, with brown spike flowers in late spring to summer.

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