Small-flowered bitter cress
Small-flowered bitter cress
Cardamine parviflora
Mustard Family - Crucifereae
A relatively short herb (8 to 12 inches tall) with pinnately and finely divided leaves and tiny (1/8 to 1/4 inch wide) white, 4-petalled flowers. Seed pods quite narrow and upright. Stem round and smooth. Leaves alternate, 1 to 2 inches long with 4 to 6 pairs of narrow leaflets.
(Photographed at Eagle Lake - June 8, 2002)
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