Cardamine flexuosa

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).[1]

Cardamine flexuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Brassicales
Family:Brassicaceae
Genus:Cardamine
Species:
C. flexuosa
Binomial name
Cardamine flexuosa
inflorescence

Description

This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than 30 cm, usually annual or short-lived perennial, with few short, erect stems. The leaves pinnate, mostly at the base, each with about 5 pairs of rounded leaflets. Flowers very small, white, 3 – 4 mm across with 6 stamens. Fruits of C. flexuosa generally do not overtop the flowers, a feature distinguishing it from Cardamine hirsuta.[2]

Distribution

It is native to the British Isles,[3]: 401  Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.[4]

Habitat

In Ireland common in woods shady and damp places.[5][2]

Uses

In Northeast Indian State, Manipur, it is eaten and often used as garnishing Eromba and known as Chaantruk.[citation needed]

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