Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Purple Spring Cress |
| Scientific Name | Cardamine douglassii Britton |
| Family Name | Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist woods, springs |
| Plant Height: | 30 cm |
| Flower Color: | rose-purple or pink occasionally white |
| Flower: | perfect; complete; 4 petals; 4 purple slightly hairy sepals turning brown with age; stamens 6 |
| Inflorescence: | terminal clusters of single flowers on long pedicles |
| Fruit: | silique (elongated seed pod) to 2cm long |
| Leaves: | basal leaves long-stalked and roundish; cauline leaves stalkless and slightly toothed |
| Bloom Time: | March-May |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | stems usually hairy; Cardamine bulbosa similar to C. douglassii (also known as Pink Spring Cress)except flowers are white, stem is less hairy and C. bulbosa found in wetter habitats |
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| general habit | close up of flower head | leaves | sepals |
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