Brassicaceae FAMILY
Cardamine hirsuta
Cardamine hirsuta
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cardamine hirsuta is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeThroughout most of the northern Hemisphere, including Britain.
HabitatOpen and cultivated ground, rocks, scree, walls etc[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].