Cardamine amara L.

Cardamine amère (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Cardamine

Characteristics

A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year with runners. It grows 20-40 cm tall. The stems have a few branches. The leaves are along the stem and are alternate. The lower leaves have long stalks. The flowers are white and 1.5 cm across. They have 4 petals. The fruit are slim flat pods.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

By springs, in fens and on streamsides, preferring a peaty soil. Often found in trickling water. Often the dominant ground flora in alder woods with moving damp water.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in humid places near springs. It grows in swamps and along shorelines.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The young leaves are used in salads. They are bitter.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Depurative (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are usually grown by seed.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Images

Habit

Cardamine amara habit picture by Chlad Martin (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara habit picture by bobskwal (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cardamine amara leaf picture by Markus Zeuner (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara leaf picture by Yvan Fischer (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara leaf picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cardamine amara flower picture by Kabilan Nadarajah (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara flower picture by Yvan Fischer (cc-by-sa)
Cardamine amara flower picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Cardamine amara fruit picture by Alain Servais (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cardamine amara world distribution map, present in France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280132-1
WFO ID wfo-0000586435
COL ID R497
BDTFX ID 75018
INPN ID 87892
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Cardamine amara f. monochlamydea Cardamine macrophylla Cardamine bicolor Cardamine borealis Cardamine grandis Cardamine libertiana Cardamine melananthera Cardamine nasturtiana Cardamine nasturtium Cardamine wiedmanniana Crucifera amara Ghinia amara Cardamine melanthera Cardamine umbrosa Cardamine triphylla Cardamine amara var. aequiloba Cardamine amara var. aquatica Cardamine amara var. erubescens Cardamine amara var. interrupta Cardamine amara var. macrophylla Cardamine amara var. petiolulata Cardamine amara var. trisecta Cardamine amara f. grandiflora Cardamine amara f. lilacina Cardamine amara f. minor Cardamine amara f. parviflora Cardamine amara f. stricta Cardamine amara subsp. amara Cardamine amara

Lower taxons

Cardamine amara subsp. olotensis Cardamine amara subsp. opizii Cardamine amara subsp. pyrenaea Cardamine amara subsp. opicii Cardamine amara subsp. austriaca Cardamine amara subsp. balcanica