LARGE BITTERCRESS
Cardamine Amara
Cabbage Family [Brassicaceae] 
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Cabbage Family [Brassicaceae]
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| About two feet tall, stems wavy, white flowerrs atop an un-branched stem. Grows near freshwater. |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves pinnate, without a basal rosette. |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stem long and wavy, slightly grooved, with up to a dozen white flowers at the top. |
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves toothed. Stem slightly ridged. It is not this tall! |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers white, with four petals. |
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stems slightly ridged, four sepals, reddish at the points, much shorter than the flowers. |
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Four petals white, rarely lilac. Sepals number four. |
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Un-opened flower buds cluster top centre. |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Six violet anthers . Petals have feint transparent veins. |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Violet anthers. Beginnings of seed pod growing in centre. |
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| 14th May 2007, stream, Greenfield, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Violet anthers poking proud of the flower openings. |
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| 3rd May 2010, Prestwich Country Park, Gtr Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves light-green and pinnate, leaflets all the same shape and size. |
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| 14th May 2010, River Kent, Levens, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Pinnate leaves. |
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Easily confused with : other white-flowered ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Cardamine |
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Cabbage Family [Brassicaceae]
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