Calflora Taxon Report
Cardamine pachystigma  (S. Watson) Rollins
Rock toothwort, Serpentine bittercress
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2011 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.
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2023 Cheryl Ballantyne
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2018 Julie Kierstead Nelson
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Cardamine pachystigma is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Subspecies and Varieties:
Genus: Cardamine
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEFDentaria corymbosa var. grata
JEFDentaria corymbosa
JEFDentaria pachystigma
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[Wikipedia] Habitat: It is endemic to California, where it grows in rocky mountainous areas, often on serpentine and volcanic soils. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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