Cardamine digitata

Richardson

in J. Franklin, Narr. Journey Polar Sea, 743. 1823.

Synonyms: Cardamine digitata var. oxyphylla Trautvetter Cardamine hyperborea Hultén Cardamine hyperborea var. oxyphylla (Trautvetter) O. E. Schulz Cardamine richardsonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 472. Mentioned on page 467.

Perennials; glabrous throughout. Rhizomes cylindrical, slender, 0.5–1.5 mm diam. Stems erect, unbranched, (0.6–)1–2(–3) dm. Rhizomal leaves pinnately 5 or 7-foliolate, (2–)4–10 cm, (not fleshy), leaflets sessile; petiole (1.5–)3–7(–9) cm; lateral leaflets similar to terminal, blade sometimes smaller; terminal leaflet blade linear to narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, (0.5–)1–2.5(–3.3) cm × 0.5–4(–8) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire. Cauline leaves (1 or) 2 or 3, 5 or 7-foliolate, petiolate, leaflets sessile; petiole (0.2–)0.5–1.2(–1.5) cm, base not auriculate; lateral leaflets similar to terminal, blade smaller; terminal leaflet blade narrowly lanceolate to linear, 1–3.2(–4) cm × 0.8–2.5(–3.5) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (apex acute to acuminate). Racemes ebracteate. Fruiting pedicels suberect to divaricate-ascending, (7–)10–25 mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lateral pair not saccate basally; petals white, obovate, 5–9 × 2.5–5 mm (clawed, apex rounded); filaments: median pairs 3–4.5 mm, lateral pair 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers oblong, 1–1.5 mm. Fruits linear, (1.5–)2–4 cm × 1.5–2 mm; ovules 6–12 per ovary; style (1–)1.5–2.5(–4) mm. Seeds brown, oblong, 1.8–2.2 × 0.9–1.1 mm. 2n = 28, 42.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Damp flats, stream banks, tundra, meadows, bluffs, hummocks, sandy beaches, slopes, mossy mats, sedge swales
Elevation: 0-1400 m

Distribution

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N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, ne Asia (Russian Far East, Siberia).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Richardson +
N.W.T. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, ne Asia (Russian Far East +  and Siberia). +
0-1400 m +
Damp flats, stream banks, tundra, meadows, bluffs, hummocks, sandy beaches, slopes, mossy mats, sedge swales +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
in J. Franklin, Narr. Journey Polar Sea, +
Cardamine digitata var. oxyphylla +, Cardamine hyperborea +, Cardamine hyperborea var. oxyphylla +  and Cardamine richardsonii +
Cardamine digitata +
Cardamine +
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