Limestone Bittercress
Cardamine douglassii
One of the very first spring ephemerals to bloom, often emerging through late snow on damp woodland slopes and limestone ledges. Showcases clusters of striking pink-to-purple four-petaled flowers above rich green leaves. Thrives in moist, alkaline soils.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, larval host
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, WV