Cardamine bellidifolia var. pachyphylla Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cardamine bellidifolia L. var. pachyphylla Coville & Leiberg

Alpine bitter cress, Alpine bittercress, Fleshy toothwort

2018 Matt Berger

2004 Penn Martin II

2014 Chris Wagner

Cardamine bellidifolia var. pachyphylla is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Oregon and Washington.

also called Cardamine bellidifolia

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.3 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~29 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Cardamine bellidifolia
Genus:	Cardamine
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Alpine Fell-fields

Name Status:
Accepted by CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


POWO	Cardamine bellidifolia ssp. bellidifolia

Information about Cardamine bellidifolia var. pachyphylla from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (CABEP) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 4.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/12/2025).