Cardamine tenuifolia
Hook.
Slender Bitter Cress
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Description
A temperate herb in the cabbage family with slender form. It grows in damp places in temperate regions, including Tasmania.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. Tasmania Herbarium.
Where It Grows
Australia*, Tasmania,
Notes
There are about 160 Cardamine species. They are mostly in damp places in temperate regions.
References (4)
- Flora of Australia, Volume 8, Lecythidales to Batales, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1982) p 312
- Low, T., 1991, Wild Food Plants of Australia. Australian Nature FieldGuide, Angus & Robertson. p 47
- Low, T., 1992, Bush Tucker. Australia’s Wild Food Harvest. Angus & Robertson. p 143
- Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 17
