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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Cardamine L.

CARDAMINE L., 1753

Sepals erect with spreading tips; petals clawed. Stamens 6, or rarely fewer; stigmas simple or 2-lobed, subsessile; siliques linear, straight; ovules us. ∞, in one series, flattened; cots accumbent. Annual or perennial herbs, glab. or pubescent; lvs simple to compound. About 120 spp., mainly of temperate regions. C. subcarnosa is reported from Macquarie Id; C. corymbosa occurs there and is reported from Fuegia. The other N.Z. spp. are endemic.

Key

1
Lvs compound, radical and cauline
2
Lvs us. simple, all radical
4
2
Plant stout, fleshy
4. subcarnosa
Plant slender, not fleshy
3
3
Fls c. 4-5 mm. across, not congested; style slender; plant flaccid
1. debilis
Fls c. 3 mm. across, us. congested; style very short; plant wiry
3. corymbosa
4
Lamina c. 1·5-2.5 cm. long, deeply 2-lobed at base; fls c. 8·5 mm. across
5. bilobata
Lamina seldom > 1 cm. long, entire or shallowly lobed at base; fls not > 7 mm. across
5
5
Fls c. 6-7 mm. across
2. uniflora
Fls c. 3 mm. across
6. depressa
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