Brassicaceae FAMILY

Cardamine amara

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cardamine amara is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, including Britain, north to 64° N., east to the Balkans and W. Asia.

HabitatBy springs, in fens and on streamsides, preferring a peaty soil[ 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. ]. Often found in trickling water[ 187 Title Perennials. Volumes 1 and 2. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1991 ISBN 0-330-30936-9 Description Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc. ]. Often the dominant ground flora in alder woods with moving damp water[ 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. ].