Cardamine hirsuta
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Cardamine hirsuta L. |
| Common name: | hairy bittercress |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Brassicaceae (mustard) |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | introduced |
| Plant height: | 2 - 16" |
| Foliage: | numerous basal leaves, minutely hairy, stem leaves 4-10; leaflets 4-6 |
| Flower: | 4 petalled white flower |
| Flowering time: | spring - fall |
| Habitat: | disturbed soil, sandy soil, roadside |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Invasive weed; a member of the mustard family and edible as a bitter herb. Several US butterflies such as spring azure and falcate orange-tip are attracted to its flowers. |