| Cardamine flexuosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/CardamineC. flexuosa
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| Template:Taxonomy/CardamineCardamine flexuosa | |
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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[edit | edit source]
This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than 30 cm (12 in), 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, 3ā4 mm across with 6 stamens. Fruits of C. flexuosa generally do not overtop the flowers, a feature distinguishing it from Cardamine hirsuta.[2]
Distribution[edit | edit source]
It is native to the British Isles,[3]:401 Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.[4]
Habitat[edit | edit source]
In Ireland common in woods shady and damp places.[5][2]
Uses[edit | edit source]
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.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk. ISBN 0-85221-131-7
- ā 2.0 2.1 Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4
- ā Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ā "Cardamine flexuosa With". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ā Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-185918-4783