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Cardamine impatiens

LHPrism Status 
Tier 3 - Established
Species Type 
LHPRISM Notes 

Cardamine impatiens: Narrowleaf bittercress

Plant Identification:

  • Growth form: herbaceous annual/biennial that can grow up to 2 ft in height. 
  • Leaves: rosulate and pinnately divided, bearing leaflets with ournded lobes. Cauline leaves are pinnately divided with sharply toothed leaflets
  • Flowers: small, up to .1 in. long
  • Fruit: slender siliques ripen from May to September and are found on spread ascending to erect pedicles. 1-2 cm long

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