Purple Cress -- Cardamine douglasii
Family Cruciferae (Mustard family)
Another of our earliest wildflowers, purple cress appears on wooded slopes in March
with pale pink or purple flowers on stems that are up to one foot in height. This
species is fairly common in our area, but much more so in central and northern
Kentucky. This specimen was found in Buckley wildlife sanctuary in Woodford county.
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