Rorippa laciniata
Jagged Bitter-cress at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Rorippa laciniata | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Feb 2018 | |
| Rorippa laciniata | MaartjeSevenster | 15 Feb 2018 | |
| Cardamine sp. | MaartjeSevenster | 3 Jan 2018 |
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This is unlike any of the Cardamine I have seen around before, growing in a billabong type depression that is frequently under water for months but currently dry. Cardamine tenuifolia or moirensis seem to fit some aspects, both according to plantnet and Victorian flora key but neither are local - is this an exotic species?
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4 Jan 2018
I do not think it is Cardamine at all. The leaves are not dissected enough. It is impossible just from photos for me to determine what genus is could be.
I am not sure of current NSW collecting regulations. If it is not in State Forest or a State reserve, it used to be OK to collect without a permit. You could collect a couple of plants now including roots, and also wait till some of the pods have opened and some still have seeds, and collect again. Press your specimens between a minimum of six sheets of newspaper on each side and place eg a heavy book on top. They should dry out OK without your doing anything else. Herbaria object to drying specimens in a microwave. It breaks up the DNA.
On a trip to Canberra bring them to the desk in the visitor centre at the botanic gardens with a letter including the details of collection.
If that is not the current procedure, could someone please correct me.
I am not sure of current NSW collecting regulations. If it is not in State Forest or a State reserve, it used to be OK to collect without a permit. You could collect a couple of plants now including roots, and also wait till some of the pods have opened and some still have seeds, and collect again. Press your specimens between a minimum of six sheets of newspaper on each side and place eg a heavy book on top. They should dry out OK without your doing anything else. Herbaria object to drying specimens in a microwave. It breaks up the DNA.
On a trip to Canberra bring them to the desk in the visitor centre at the botanic gardens with a letter including the details of collection.
If that is not the current procedure, could someone please correct me.
16 Feb 2018
Rorippa laciniata was the identification made by the Australian National Herbarium
Location information
- Coordinates 149.334605-35.016442
- Maps MTR591 at Gundaroo
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 27 Dec 2017 03:13 PM Recorded on
- MaartjeSevenster Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Collections
- Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs MaartjeSevenster Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rorippa laciniata
Species information
- Rorippa laciniata Scientific name
- Jagged Bitter-cress Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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