Cardamine sp.

Bittercress at Acton, ACT

Cardamine sp. at Acton, ACT - 9 Feb 2015
Cardamine sp. at Acton, ACT - 9 Feb 2015
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Identification history

Cardamine sp. 20 Sep 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 10 Sep 2015 TimYiu

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Old Canberra House Grassy Woodlands

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KenT wrote:
   11 Sep 2015
This looks like a Cardamine sp. but you will need a better photo of the leaves showing shape and hairs if present, stems looking for hairs, flowers looking for a stamen count and probably something else which I've forgotten (some of us have been through this all before with these things)
TimYiu wrote:
   15 Sep 2015
Hi KenT does the new photo help?
KenT wrote:
   20 Sep 2015
Hi Tim, sorry for the delay in getting back to you but I wanted to photograph one of this group myself to show what I was on about, see: http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1946414. If you are having to key this genus out (eg see PlantNET) in the first two couplets you need to be able to look for the presence of hairs and count stamens, you can't do this with the images you posted.

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 9 Feb 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
  • TimYiu Recorded by

Species information

  • Cardamine sp. Scientific name
  • Bittercress Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1628.07m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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