Brassicaceae FAMILY

Cardamine bulbifera

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cardamine bulbifera is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.45 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral Europe from Britain and France to Sweden, east to the Balkans, W. Asia and the Caucasus.

HabitatVery local in woods, usually on calcareous soils, in Devon, S.E. England, the Chilterns and Ayr[ 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. ]. A characteristic species of base-rich beech woodlands[ 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. ].