Bending Bittercress vs Great Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Cardamine maxima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Great Bittercress
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
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 flexuosa	Cardamine maxima

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Great Bittercress
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).

Great Bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States