Ainu wasabi, Risseri
Cardamine yezoensis

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It keep growing from year to year. It has stolons or runners. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. They have short teeth. There are many flowers in a group.

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

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Japan, Korea

How it is used for food

The tender leaves and rhizomes are eaten in spring.

Edible parts

Leaves, root

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Cardamine akitensis Mochozuki; Cardamine amariformis Nakai; Cardamine fauriei Franch.; Cardamine fauriei f. geifolia (Koidz.) Koidz.; Cardamine fauriei var. incisa H. Boissieu; Cardamine fauriei var. oblonga H. Boissieu; Cardamine geifolia Koidz.; Cardamine kiusiana H. Hara; Cardamine prorepens f. valida Takeda; Cardamine torrentis Nakai; Cardamine valida (Takeda) Nakai; Cardamine yezoensis var. kiusiana (H. Hara) Ohwi; Cardamine yezoensis var. torrentis (Nakai) Ohwi;