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wavy bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,425, February 3,268, March 5,121, April 8,056, May 11,616, June 12,666, July 13,554, August 11,656, September 8,558, October 6,388, November 3,491, December 2,728.
United States92,572
Alaska91,527
British Columbia1,552
United Kingdom1,065
England956
Washington928
Canada536
Germany452
Austria173
New Zealand160

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales
Familymustard family · Brassicaceae
GenusBittercresses and Toothworts · Cardamine

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