[Bittercress: The Genus Cardamine West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Little Western Bittercress, Siberian Bittercress, Umbellate Bittercress

Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma

Synonyms: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica, Cardamine umbellata

Little Western Bittercress, Siberian Bittercress, Umbellate Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma (Synonyms: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica, Cardamine umbellata)

Little western bittercress as seen at the picnic area at Saddle Mt. State Park in the northern Oregon Coast Range................May 21, 2009.

Close-up of the linear silique (seed pod) of Little Western Bittercress, Siberian Bittercress, Umbellate Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma (Synonyms: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica, Cardamine umbellata) - Inflorescence of Little Western Bittercress, Siberian Bittercress, Umbellate Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma (Synonyms: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica, Cardamine umbellata) - Inflorescence of Little Western Bittercress, Siberian Bittercress, Umbellate Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma (Synonyms: Cardamine oligosperma var. kamtschatica, Cardamine umbellata)

Close-ups of the developing siliques (seed pods), inflorescence and upper stem leaves of little western bittercress as seen at the picnic area at Saddle Mt. State Park in the northern Oregon Coast Range................May 21, 2009.

Paul Slichter