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Cardamine parviflora

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Smallflowered Bittercress

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Cardamine parviflora, commonly known as small-flowered bittercress or sand bittercress, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is temperate Eurasia, subarctic America to Northern, Central, and Eastern United States.

Description

A cabbage family herb (Brassicaceae) growing about 30 cm tall, found in temperate regions on river banks, ditches, meadows, and roadsides from near sea level to 2500 m altitude.

Edible Uses

The young leaves are used as a potherb.

Traditional Uses

The young leaves are used as a potherb.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows on river banks, along ditches, meadows, roadsides; near sea level to 2500 m altitude in China.

Where It Grows

Africa, Algeria, Central Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, North Africa, North America, Russia, SW Asia, USA,

Notes

There are about 160 Cardamine species. They are mostly in damp places in temperate regions.

Synonyms

Cardamine brachycarpa Franchet (1879), not Opiz (1826)Cardamine fallax (O. E. Schulz) NakaiCardamine flexuosa subsp. fallax O. E. SchulzCardamine flexuosa subsp. fallax f. microphylla O. E. SchulzCardamine flexuosa var. fallax (O. E. Schulz) T. Y. Cheo & R. C. FangCardamine koshiensis KoidzumiCardamine manshurica (Komarov) NakaiCardamine parviflora f. hispida FranchetCardamine parviflora var. manshurica KomarovCardamine scutata Thunberg subsp. fallax (O. E. Schulz) H. Hara.

Also Known As

Xiao hua sui mi qi

References (6)

  • Duke, J.A., 1992, Handbook of Edible Weeds. CRC Press. p 58
  • Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 8
  • Hwang, H., et al, 2013, A Study on the Flora of 15 Islands in the Western Sea of Jeollanamdo Province, Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Vol. 6, No. 2 281-310 (As Cardamine fallax)
  • Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 84
  • Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 79-90).
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  • Zhou Taiyan, Lu Lianli, Yang Guang; Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE), Flora of China.

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