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Mahitihiti. Bitter cress? Cardamine?

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mahitihiti

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a small plant (Williams 1971)

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Plant named because of way seeds are distributed (mahiti = to spring, leap) (Best 1907)

[Perhaps introduced Cardamine hirsuta - bitter cress - Ed]

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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