Bending Bittercress vs Broad-Leaved Toothwort

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Cardamine diphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Broad-Leaved Toothwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
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 diphylla

Evolutionary Relationship

Bending Bittercress and Broad-Leaved Toothwort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Cardamine.

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Toothwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Broad-Leaved Toothwort
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).

Broad-Leaved Toothwort

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.

Broad-Leaved Toothwort

The Broad-Leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It has been recorded Distributed across Canada and United States..

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States