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Published In: Journal of Japanese Botany 68(4): 205. 1993. (J. Jap. Bot.)

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Cardamine luxurians (O. E. Schulz) Rashid & H. Ohba, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 205. 1993; C. loxostemonoides O. E. Schulz var. luxurians O. E. Schulz, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1070. 1927. TYPE: NW India, Tihri-Garwal, Nila Valley, 16 Aug 1883, Duthie 912 (holotype, B!; isotype, K!).

Herbs, perennial. Rhizomes branched, stoloniferous, nontuberous, with membranous scales. Stems 11-25 cm; erect to procumbent, glabours. Basal leaves and cauline leaves similar, with 5-11 leaflets; petiole 2-9 cm; lateral leaflets on petiolules 2-10 mm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, 13-18 mm, 6-13 mm wide, base cuneate to oblique, margin subentire or 3-toothed or lobed, apex suacute and minutely mucronate; terminal leaflet slightly larger. Racemes ebracteate, 6-20-flowered; fruiting pedicels 1-2 cm, straight, ascending. Sepals 3-3.7 mm, 1.5-2.2 mm wide, oblong; petals purplish to pink with darker veins, obovate, 10-14 mm, 4-6 mm wide; median filaments 6-7.5 mm, lateral filaments 3.5-4 mm; anthers oblong, 0.9-1.2 mm; ovules 16-20. Fruits linear, 2.5-4.5 cm, 1-1.5 mm wide; valves glabrous; style ca. 1 mm. Seeds not seen. 2n = 32.