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Cardamine pulcherrima

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Authors: Greene  

Wild Distribution: North-western North America, in moist habitats

Botanical Description

Clump-forming, to about 30cm or more in height. Basal leaves simple, palmate, sometimes three-lobed, with or without a few large teeth. Flowers about 1cm wide, pink. C. integrifolia (syn. C. californica and Dentaria californica) is very similar, but has short, tuber-like rhizomes (those of pulcherrima are cylindrical). Both species from .