Rorippa dictyosperma

(Hook.) L. Johnson

Forest Bitter Cress

Brassicaceae Edible: Leaves 38 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A cabbage family herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-90 cm high. It can spread 1 m wide. The stems are hollow and branching. The leaves are divided into leaflets. The flowers are white or yellow and have 4 petals. The flowers are 1.5 cm across.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows on sand and granite slopes. It does best in damp, wet soils in a protected, partly shaded position. It is resistant to frost but sensitive to drought. Tasmania Herbarium.

Where It Grows

Australia*, Tasmania,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seed or by division.

Notes

There are about 70 Rorippa species.

Synonyms

Cardamine dictyosperma Hook.Cardamine nivea Hook.

References (7)

Bodkin, F., 1991, Encyclopedia Botanica. Cornstalk publishing, p 887
Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 196
Flora of Australia, Volume 8, Lecythidales to Batales, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1982) p 324
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

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Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 188
Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 18