Forest Bitter Cress
Rorippa dictyosperma

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

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.

There are about 70 Rorippa species.

Where it is found

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.

Countries/locations it is found in

Australia (country/location of origin), Tasmania

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Plants can be grown by seed or by division.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Cardamine dictyosperma Hook.; Cardamine nivea Hook.;