Bending Bittercress vs Castor

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Ricinus communis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Castor
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Brassicaceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Cardamine	Ricinus
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Ricinus communis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Castor
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).

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

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.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 20 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇮🇳 India 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe