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Brassicaceae
Greater bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Also known as Hairy bittercress, Cardamine amara, Large bittercress, Cardamine drymeja
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Wildflower · Edible · Shade Tolerant · Moist Soil · Woodland · Perennial · Spring Flowers · White Flowers · Brassica · Self-Seeding
Greater bittercress is a small, fast-growing perennial herb of shaded, moist environments such as woodland edges and stream banks. It produces tiny white flowers in spring and its young leaves are edible with a peppery, watercress-like flavor. Plant in a shaded, consistently moist spot and it will largely care for itself, self-seeding freely.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; increase frequency in hot or dry spells · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 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, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Colombia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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