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Cardamine vulgaris

Family: Brassicaceae


What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a single stem. It grows 10-45 cm tall. The leaves are 3-20 cm long and have 5-11 leaflets. The fruit are narrow pods 1.2-1.6 cm long by 1 mm wide.

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


Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,600 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Argentina, Chile, Europe, South America, Spain


How it is used for food

Edible parts

Leaves


How it is grown


Its other names

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