| Cardamine californica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. californica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cardamine californica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dentaria californica Nutt. | |
Cardamine californica, or milkmaids, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to western North America from Washington to California and Baja California. It is common in a variety of habitats including shady slopes, open woodlands, chaparral and grasslands in the winter and early spring. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it is one of the first wildflowers to bloom, with blossoms from January to May.[1]
- ^ Kazuki Ariyoshi; Emily Magnaghi; Mark Frey (Fall 2006). "Hand-Pollination of Cardamine californica Improves Seed Set". Native Plants Journal. 7 (3): 248–252. doi:10.1353/npj.2007.0000. S2CID 83759121. Retrieved 2013-02-19.