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Published In: London Journal of Botany 6: 292. 1847. (London J. Bot.)

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Cardamine picta W. J. Hooker, London J. Bot. 6: 292. 1847; Porphyrocodon pictum (W. J. Hooker) J. D. Hooker in Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 79. 1862. TYPE: Colombia, New Granada, Paramo of Ruiz, Mar 1846, W. Purdie (holotype, K!; isotype, K!).

Herbs, perennial. Rhizomes slender, not scaly, with long internodes and nontuberous nodes. Stems (3-)4.5-11 dm, erect or decumbent, simple or branched above, glabrous or rarely pubescent. Cauline leaves (lower and middle) (7-)10-21(-25) cm, 7-11-foliolate; petiole 2.5-12 cm logn; lateral leaflet (1-)2-4(-5) ´ (0.7-)1.4-3 cm, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, base strongly oblique-subcordate or rarely cuneate, margin incised-serrate, incised-crenate, or serrate, ciliolate with trichomes to 0.2 mm, teeth mucronate, apex acute; petiolule 0.5-2.2 cm; terminal leaflet about same size as lateral; uppermost leaves gradually smaller. Racemes bracteate throughout or rarely only basally; bracts compound, gradually reduced in size and number of leaflets upward; flowers prominently protogynous; fruiting pedicels (2-)2.5-4.2(-5) cm, divaricate-ascending, straight, stout. Sepals dark purple, broadly oblong, 6-7 ´ 2.5-3.5 mm, glabrous; petals dark purple, broadly obovate, 1.5-2.2 ´ 0.7-1 cm, base broadly cuneate, apex rounded to emarginated; filaments 6-7 mm; anthers oblong, 1.5-1.7 mm; ovules 12-16 per ovary. Fruits 4.5-7 cm ´ 2-2.5 mm; style slender, (6-)8-12(-20) mm. Seeds oblong, mm.