trefle.io · Taken Feb 3, 2020 by Antoine le Clercq (cc-by-sa)
Brassicaceae
Common bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Also known as Cardamine hirsuta var. pilosa, Cardamine scutata var. rotundiloba, Cardamine hirsuta f. apetala, Cardamine virginica
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Herb · Annual · Edible · Weedy · Cool-Season · Self-Seeding · Peppery · Small · Medicinal
This small annual herb self-seeds readily and thrives in cool, moist conditions with partial shade. Requires minimal care but can become weedy if allowed to spread unchecked. Young leaves are edible and have a peppery flavor.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil moist but not soggy · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 8 in
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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