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white cuckoo bitter-cress
Cardamine dentata
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
large bittercressCardamine amara
creeping JennyLysimachia nummularia
Lyreleaf RockcressArabidopsis lyrata
hairy bittercressCardamine hirsuta
Sand Rock-cressArabidopsis arenosa
Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
wavy bittercressCardamine flexuosa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,025 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 3,982 |
| Russia | 1,373 |
| Moscow Oblast | 259 |
| Moscow | 236 |
| Bryansk Oblast | 101 |
| Ukraine | 96 |
| Kostroma Oblast | 93 |
| Saint Petersburg | 65 |
| Vladimir Oblast | 55 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales |
| Family | mustard family · Brassicaceae |
| Genus | Bittercresses and Toothworts · Cardamine |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise white cuckoo bitter-cress with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.