Cardamine heptaphylla
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| Cardamine heptaphylla | |
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| Close-up on a flower of Cardamine heptaphylla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. heptaphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardamine heptaphylla (Vill.) O.E.Schulz, 1903 | |
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Cardamine heptaphylla, common name pinnate coralroot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. [1][2][3]
The genus name Cardamine is derived from the Greek kardamon, cardamom, an unrelated plant in the ginger family, used as a pungent spice in cooking. The specific epithet heptaphylla is composed of ancient Greek ἑπτά, hepta (seven) and φύλλον, phullon (leaf).
Distribution
Habitat
This species grows mainly in mountain woods, especially in beech and spruce forests, but sometimes in plain, at an elevation up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level. It prefers calcareous soils.[6]
