coralroot

Cardamine bulbifera

Coralroot is a special plant that grows in shady places like forests. It has pretty flowers and unique roots that look like coral, which is how it got its name!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The coralroot bittercress has delicate clusters of white to pale lilac flowers, often with dark veins, atop a slender green stem. Its pinnate leaves feature small, dark, bead-like bulbils in their axils, making it visually distinct from other woodland plants.

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coralroot

Categoría

Plantas

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Its small flowers are a favorite snack for hungry deer and other woodland creatures!

This plant is a wild cousin of your garden mustard and radish, tasting a bit spicy!

Tiny black 'plant-babies' grow right on its stem, ready to drop off and become new plants!

When you touch its seed pods, they can burst open, flinging tiny seeds far away!

Habilidades especiales

Coralroot can clone itself using tiny dark bulbils that drop off its stem, helping it spread quickly in its woodland home.

Coralroot bursts into life early in spring to soak up sunlight before tree leaves fully open, giving it a head start.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 20-60 cm
Extensión: 10-20 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 1-2 cm
Temporada de floración: Spring to Early Summer
Comestible: Sí
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Commonly grazed by browsing deer.

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Visits flowers to collect nectar and pollen.

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

Slugs sometimes munch on its leaves.

eaten by

Small White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Its leaves are sometimes a meal for caterpillar larvae.

Rasgos

Micorrízico

Este rasgo describe una relación simbiótica entre un hongo y las raíces de una planta, beneficiando a ambos organismos.

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Bienal

Las plantas bienales completan su ciclo de vida en dos temporadas de crecimiento, formando típicamente follaje en el primer año y floreciendo o semillando en el segundo.