Cardamine bulbosa

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|name = Cardamine bulbosa

|image = Cardamine bulbosa Bluegrass.jpg

|status = G5

|status_system = TNC

|genus = Cardamine

|species = bulbosa

|authority = (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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|Arabis bulbosa | Schreb. ex Muhl.

|Arabis rhomboidea | Pers.

|Cardamine rhomboídea | (Pers.) DC.

|Dentaria rhomboidea |(Pers.) Greene

|Dracamine bulbosa | (BSP) Nieuwl.[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2699541 Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.] The Plant List}}

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|range_map_caption = Natural range in North America

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Cardamine bulbosa, commonly called bulbous bittercress{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title= Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States}} or spring cress,{{cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress) |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/spring-cress |website=Minnesota Wildflowers |access-date=18 May 2020}} is a perennial plant in the mustard family. It is native to a widespread area of eastern North America, in both Canada and the United States.{{BONAP|ref|genus=Cardamine|species=bulbosa|access-date=26 January 2017}} Its natural habitat is moist soils of bottomland forests and swamps, often in calcareous areas.

In late spring and early summer, white flowers are produced well above the foliage.{{Cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416227 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.efloras.org}} Its leaves are edible, and have a peppery taste.{{Cite web |title=Cardamine bulbosa (bulbous bitter-cress): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/cardamine/bulbosa/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}}