Cardamine douglassii, the limestone bittercress or purple cress, is a perennial forb that produces white to pink or purple flowers in early spring. It is native to Ontario, Canada, as well as the eastern and central United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Cress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
- Species
- Cardamine douglassii
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