Mustard family (four-petaled flowers, alternate leaves, and two-parted seed capsules).
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Purple Cress
Genus species:
Cardamine douglassii
Common Name:
Purple Cress
Family Name:
Brassicaceae
Annual, biennial, and perennial herbs; leaves usually alternate; flowers bisexual, regular (4-petaled, with 6 stamens--- 4 long and 2 short), in racemes; seed capsules two-parted.
Seed Type
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Native
Category:
Wildflower
Flower Color:
Pink/Red
Identified by:
A. Swanson
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