Cardamine flexuosa

Cardamine flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species: C. flexuosa
Binomial name
Cardamine flexuosa
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Cardamine flexuosa With., commonly known as Wavy Bittercress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae).[1]

Description

This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than 30 cms, usually 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 generally not overtopping the flowers - a feature distinguishing it from Cardamine hirsuta.[2]

Distribution

British Isles: Common.

Uses

In Northeast Indian State, Manipur, it is eaten and often use as garnishing Eromba and known as Chaantruk.

References

  1. Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk. ISBN 0-85221-131-7
  2. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4

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