bittercress

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Myrtle, speedwell, daffodils, bittercress -- who cares if it's 26 degrees?

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  1. any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except in the Antarctic.

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  1. any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic

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  • Myrtle, speedwell, daffodils, bittercress -- who cares if it's 26 degrees? —  Via Negativa
  • • Purple deadnettle (strong host) • Henbit (strong host) • Field pennycress (moderate host) • Shepherd's-purse (weak host) • Small-flowered bittercress (weak host) • Common chickweed (weak host) Cool season perennial: —  Home
  • Among English weeds, the little bittercress that grows on dry walls and hedge-banks forms an excellent example of the same device. —  Science in Arcady
 

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