alpine bittercress vs Great Bittercress

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Cardamine maxima

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Great Bittercress is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Great Bittercress
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family same	Brassicaceae	Brassicaceae
Genus same	Cardamine	Cardamine
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Cardamine maxima

Evolutionary Relationship

alpine bittercress and Great Bittercress share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Cardamine.

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Great Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Great Bittercress
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Great Bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

alpine bittercress

The Alpine bittercress (Cardamine bellidifolia) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada