Cardamine scutata

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It grows up to 50 cm high.

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

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in valleys, shady slopes, damp sites, along ditches, rock crevices, mountain slopes, roadsides, stream sides; near sea level to 2100 m. altitude in China. In Sichuan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Russia

How it is used for food

The leaves and shoots are eaten as a vegetable.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Chamsure ghans

Synonyms

Cardamine angulata Hooker var. kamtschatica Regel; Cardamine autumnalis Koidzumi; Cardamine baishanensis P. Y. Fu; Cardamine dentipetala Matsumura; Cardamine drakeana H. Boissieu; Cardamine flexuosa Withering var. kamtschatica (Regel) Matsumura; Cardamine flexuosa subsp. regeliana (Miquel) O. E. Schulz; Cardamine flexuosa var. regeliana (Miquel) Komarov; Cardamine flexuosa var. manshurica Komarov; Cardamine hirsuta Linnaeus var. latifolia Maximowicz; Cardamine hirsuta var. regeliana (Miquel) Maximowicz; Cardamine hirsuta var. rotundiloba Hayata; Cardamine regeliana Miquel; Cardamine regeliana var. manshurica (Komarov) Kitagawa; Cardamine scutata var. longiloba P. Y. Fu; Cardamine scutata var. regeliana (Miquel) H. Hara; Cardamine scutata var. ro-tundiloba (Hayata) T. S. Liu & S. S. Ying; Cardamine sylvatica Link var. regeliana (Miquel) Franchet & Savatier; Cardamine taquetii H. Léveillé; Cardamine zhejiangensis T. Y. Cheo & R. C. Fang; Cardamine zhe-jiangensis var. huangshanensis D. C. Zhang