Cardamine amara   Large Bittercress

cardamine amara whole Alps cardamine amara close Alps

In quite a few of the wet places this plant was growing and because it was rather small with not many flowers we puzzled about its identity for a while. The plants I usually see in the British Isles are more than twice as tall with many more and larger flowers. The prominent purplish anthers are a characteristic of this plant.

Cardamine amara

Cardamine amara Large Bittercress

Bernina Alps above Pontresina, Engadine, Switzerland

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Cardamine amara Large Bittercress

Bernina Alps above Pontresina, Engadine, Switzerland

Added on 30th July 2010, updated 12th Nov 2014

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