Cardamine bulbifera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Tribus: Cardamineae
Genus: Cardamine
Subgenus: C. subg. Dentaria
Species: Cardamine bulbifera
Name

Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz, Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 127 (1769).
Synonyms

Basionym
Dentaria bulbifera L., Sp. Pl. 2: 653 (1753).
Homotypic
Crucifera bulbifera (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 6: 117 (1902).
Heterotypic
Dentaria bulbifera f. pilosa Waisb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 130 (1901).
Cardamine bulbifera var. pilosa (Waisb.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32(2): 365 (1903).
Cardamine bulbifera var. ptarmicifolia DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 279 (1821).
Cardamine bulbifera f. ptarmicifolia (DC.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32(2): 366 (1903).
Cardamine bulbifera f. ptarmicifolia (DC.) Jovan.-Dunj., Fl. SR Srbije 3: 265 (1972), comb. superfl.
Dentaria bulbifera f. basiphylla Zapał., Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Ser. B, Sci. Nat. 1912(1B): 16 (1912). PDF
Dentaria bulbifera f. subopposita Zapał., Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Ser. B, Sci. Nat. 1912(1B): 16 (1912).
Dentaria bulbifera f. aucta Zapał., Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Ser. B, Sci. Nat. 1912(1B): 17 (1912).
Dentaria bulbifera f. stenophylla Zapał., Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math., Ser. B, Sci. Nat. 1912(1B): 17 (1912).
Cardamine bulbifera f. integra O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32(2): 366 (1903).
Dentaria bulbifera f. integra (O.E.Schulz) Thell. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4(1): 326 (1919).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Northern Europe
Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland (introduced), Norway, Sweden.
Regional: Middle Europe
Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands (introduced), Poland, Switzerland.
Regional: Southwestern Europe
France.
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti (in error), Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Regional: Eastern Europe
Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Iran.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Crantz, H.J.N.v. 1769. Classis Cruciformium Emendata cum figuris aeneis in necessarium Institut. rei herbariae supplementum. 139 pp, 3 tab. Impensis Ioannis Pauli Kraus, Lipsia. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Cardamine bulbifera in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 27.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cardamine bulbifera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 7. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cardamine bulbifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Sep 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cardamine bulbifera. Published online. Accessed: 7 Sep 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cardamine bulbifera. Accessed: 7 Sep 2022.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cardamine bulbifera in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 7.
Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collborators 2022. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 12. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, January 2022, published on the internet (http://www.kp-buttler.de).

Vernacular names
беларуская: Зубніца клубняносная
čeština: kyčelnice cibulkonosná
Deutsch: Zwiebel-Zahnwurz
suomi: Hammasjuuri
magyar: Hagymás fogasír, gumótermő fogasír
norsk nynorsk: tannrot
norsk: tannrot

Cardamine bulbifera, known as coralroot bittercress or coral root,[2][3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to 70 cm (28 in) tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. The flowers have petals that are 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long collected in corymbose few-flowered racemes and are generally light purple, pink or almost white. It is found in damp places.[4][5]
References

"Cardamine bulbifera", The Plant List
RHS Gardening. "Cardamine bulbifera – coral root bittercress: herbaceous perennial". www.rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Williams, Colin (15 May 2017). "Coralroot, a rare beauty among the old graves". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 400, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5
"Cardamine bulbifera". Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Retrieved 3 May 2021.