Brassicaceae FAMILY
Cardamine impatiens
Cardamine impatiens
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cardamine impatiens is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Sweden to C. Spain, eastwards through Asia to Japan.
HabitatVery local in shady woods, especially ash, and on moist limestone rocks and cliffs, especially in the west[ 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. ].