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Woodland bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Also called Wavy Bittercress, Wood bitter-cress, wavy bitter-cr., Wavy Bitter Cress, Wood Bittercress, Bending Bittercress, Bittercress, Common Bittercress

Woodland bittercress
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Europe to Iran, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Cardamine flexuosa, commonly known as wavy bittercress or wood bitter-cress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).

Where it grows

It is native to the British Isles, Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.

Uses

In the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, where it is known as chaantruk, C. flexuosa is eaten as an aromatic herb, often used to garnish eromba.

Other Cardamine plants

Large Bitter Cress · Seaside bittercress · Slender toothwort · Cardamine barbaraeoides · Alpine bittercress · Brewer's bittercress · Coralroot bittercress · Bulbous bittercress · Milkmaids · Cardamine carrii · Cutleaf toothwort · Constance's bittercress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cardamine flexuosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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