{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cardamine bulbosa Bluegrass.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |last1=Maiz-Tome |first1=L. |year=2016 |title=''Cardamine bulbosa'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T64269647A67728643 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64269647A67728643.en |access-date=19 March 2026}}</ref> | status2 = G5 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.157402 |title=''Cardamine bulbosa'' |access-date=19 March 2026}}</ref> | genus = Cardamine | species = bulbosa | authority = (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | synonyms = {{species list |Arabis bulbosa | Schreb. ex Muhl. |Arabis rhomboidea | Pers. |Cardamine rhomboídea | (Pers.) DC. |Dentaria rhomboidea |(Pers.) Greene |Dracamine bulbosa | (BSP) Nieuwl.<ref name=plist>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2699541 Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.] The Plant List</ref>}} | range_map = Cabu3.png | range_map_caption = Natural range in North America }}
'''''Cardamine bulbosa''''', commonly called '''bulbous bittercress'''<ref name=Weakley>{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title=Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States |access-date=2017-01-27 |archive-date=2018-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006082209/http://herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> or '''spring cress''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress) |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/spring-cress |website=Minnesota Wildflowers |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> is a perennial plant in the mustard family. It is native to a widespread area of eastern North America, in both Canada and the United States.<ref>{{BONAP|ref|genus=Cardamine|species=bulbosa|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Its natural habitat is moist soils of bottomland forests and swamps, often in calcareous areas.<ref name=Weakley/>
In late spring and early summer, white flowers are produced well above the foliage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416227 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> Its leaves are edible, and have a peppery taste.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa (bulbous bitter-cress): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/cardamine/bulbosa/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}}</ref>
==References== {{Commons category|Cardamine bulbosa}} {{Reflist}}
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bulbosa Category:Flora of Northern America
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