Cardamine franklinensis
1 Franklin Bitter Cress at Booth, ACT
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| Cardamine franklinensis | Tapirlord | 23 Oct 2022 | |
| Cardamine lilacina | sangio7 | 23 Oct 2022 |
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4 comments
25 Oct 2022
Thanks Ciaran - how can you tell franlinensis from lixlacina?
Cheers Michael
Cheers Michael
26 Oct 2022
Cardamine lilacina has rounded ovate or reniform leaves (basal) that are nearly always pinnate with 1-3 rows of ovate shaped pinnae. it grows in a wide range of habitat from lowland grassy woodlands to alpine herbfield, see below.
Cardamine franklinensis has spathulate leaves that are mostly entire but occasionally pinnate, basal leaves form a dense rosette. If pinnate then the terminal pinnae is elliptic, it is the only cardamine species in the mountains with this leaf shape.
From the research i've done c.franklinensis hasn't been commonly recorded anywhere but is known from the slopes of a number of act mountains, i think the type localitly is mt franklin (which is to the north of gingera) so it may be more or less act endemic.
these two sightings are a good comparison.
Cardamine lilacina (Lilac Bitter-cress)
Cardamine franklinensis (Franklin Bitter Cress)
Cardamine franklinensis has spathulate leaves that are mostly entire but occasionally pinnate, basal leaves form a dense rosette. If pinnate then the terminal pinnae is elliptic, it is the only cardamine species in the mountains with this leaf shape.
From the research i've done c.franklinensis hasn't been commonly recorded anywhere but is known from the slopes of a number of act mountains, i think the type localitly is mt franklin (which is to the north of gingera) so it may be more or less act endemic.
these two sightings are a good comparison.
Cardamine lilacina (Lilac Bitter-cress)
Cardamine franklinensis (Franklin Bitter Cress)
26 Oct 2022
Looks like I started something with this sighting, which I almost didn't post - it being close to sighting 4449068 and the latter having better flower images. But Ciaran's comment on 4449068 prompted me to post this one because of the good view of the leaves. Very pleased that it stimulated you to have a revisit of some of the lilacinas.
26 Oct 2022
Thanks Ciaran and John - much appreciated learning something new about ACT plants
Location information
- Coordinates 148.987024-35.797721
- Altitude 1453.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Oct 2022 02:39 PM Recorded on
- sangio7 Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Significant Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs sangio7 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cardamine franklinensis
Species information
- Cardamine franklinensis Scientific name
- Franklin Bitter Cress Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1580.91m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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6 / 7
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