Smallflowered Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It grows about 30 cm tall.

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 on river banks, along ditches, meadows, roadsides; near sea level to 2500 m altitude in China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Algeria, Central Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, North Africa, North America, Russia, SW Asia, USA

How it is used for food

The young leaves are used as a potherb.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Xiao hua sui mi qi

Synonyms

Cardamine brachycarpa Franchet (1879), not Opiz (1826); Cardamine fallax (O. E. Schulz) Nakai; Cardamine flexuosa subsp. fallax O. E. Schulz; Cardamine flexuosa subsp. fallax f. microphylla O. E. Schulz; Cardamine flexuosa var. fallax (O. E. Schulz) T. Y. Cheo & R. C. Fang; Cardamine koshiensis Koidzumi; Cardamine manshurica (Komarov) Nakai; Cardamine parviflora f. hispida Franchet; Cardamine parviflora var. manshurica Komarov; Cardamine scutata Thunberg subsp. fallax (O. E. Schulz) H. Hara.;