Cardamine flexuosa, commonly known as wavy bittercress or wood bitter-cress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).
Description
This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than 30 cm, usually annual or short-lived perennial, with few short, erect stems. The leaves pinnate, mostly at the base, each with about 5 pairs of rounded leaflets. Flowers very small, white, 3 – 4 mm across with 6 stamens. Fruits of C. flexuosa generally do not overtop the flowers, a feature distinguishing it from Cardamine hirsuta.
Distribution
It is native to the British Isles,: 401 Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.
Habitat
In Ireland common in woods shady and damp places.
Uses
In the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, where it is known as chaantruk, C. flexuosa is eaten as an aromatic herb, often used to garnish eromba.
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