| Description | A wild flower found blooming in shaded moist areas. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Sunlight | shade to semi-shade |
| Moisture | moist, wet, swamps, bogs, wet woods |
| Soil & Site | moist, wet |
| Flowers | white, four petals, 1/2 inch across located on top of the plant in showy clusters |
| Fruit | long, thin, erect pods |
| Leaves | basal leaves are roundish to heart shaped on petioles, stem leaves are lance shaped to roundish, some have a wavy margin |
| Stems | tuber-like rhizomes |
| Roots | bulbous roots at the base |
| Dimensions | 6-18" tall |
| Native Site | native wild flower |
| Misc Facts | The leaves of most members of this genus have a bitter taste. "Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments" (#218) |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this blooming on small tufts of earth in the middle of standing water. These areas are full sun in the spring and shaded when the leaves of the trees expand. |
| Notes & Reference | #61-How to recognize Flowering Wild Plants (Grimm), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #218-Flora of Wisconsin (wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu) |
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