Bending Bittercress vs black wattle

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Acacia plectocarpa

Key Differences

• Bending Bittercress is Not Evaluated while black wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	black wattle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Brassicaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cardamine	Acacia
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Acacia plectocarpa

Evolutionary Relationship

Bending Bittercress and black wattle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	black wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bending Bittercress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

black wattle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Bending Bittercress

The Bending Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia plectocarpa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.