Cardamine breweri

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox |name = Brewer's bittercress |image = Cardaminebreweri.jpg |taxon = Cardamine breweri |authority = S.Wats. | status = {{TNCStatus}} | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name="TNC status 30 May 2022">{{Cite web|date=2022-05-30 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144059|access-date=30 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer Cardamine breweri|title = NatureServe Explorer - Cardamine breweri |publisher=NatureServe}}</ref> }}

'''''Cardamine breweri''''' is a species of cardamine known by the common name '''Brewer's bittercress'''. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in coniferous forests, particularly in wet bog habitats.

==Description== ''Cardamine breweri'' is a perennial herb growing up to about half a meter in maximum height. The leaves are oval in shape and sometimes divided into a few smaller leaflets. The mustardlike inflorescence is a raceme of many white flowers, each with four petals half a centimeter long. The fruit is an erect silique up to 3 centimeters long containing many small seeds.

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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2240,2342,2345 Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Cardamine breweri''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CABR6 USDA Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Cardamine+breweri ''Cardamine breweri'' - Photo gallery] {{Taxonbar|from=Q5038231}}

breweri Category:Flora of the Western United States Category:Flora of California Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges