Cardamine hirsuta
Common name
bittercress
Family
Brassicaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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CARHIR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Cauline leaves pinnate, glabrous or nearly so (cf. C. flexuosa, which often grows with C. hirsuta; and despite the species name ‘hirsuta’); stem axis not zig-zagged (cf. C. flexuosa).
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1901
Etymology
cardamine: From the Greek name kárdamon, referring to an Indian spice