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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]
Description
This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than Template:Convert, 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]Template:Rp 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 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.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk. Template:ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. Template:ISBN
- ↑ New Flora of the British Isles{{#if:Stace|, Stace}. Cambridge University Press(2010). ISBN 9780521707725
- ↑ Cardamine flexuosa With.. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ↑ Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. Template:ISBN