Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Stem
A cabbage family herb. It is an annual or perennial plant. It forms a rosette or ring of leaves. It grows to a height of 50 cm and spreads to 30 cm. The stem is erect and the leaves are green and sword shaped. They usually have 3-7 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are pale mauve and small. They have 4 petals. They occur in clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit are 15-25 mm long pods, which are narrow and erect. They are about 1 mm thick. The seed are brown and with a smooth coat. They are about 1 mm long.
It is a temperate plant. It does best in humus rich, damp soils. It is frost resistant. It is drought tender. It grows in shady places. It grows in temperate and tropical zones. It grows on mountain slopes, roadsides, fields, clearings, wastelands, damp places, grassy areas; near sea level to 3000 m altitude in China. In Haiti it grows at about 1500 m. In Argentina it grows up to 2,000 m above sea level. Tasmania Herbarium.
Common Names: Hairy bittercress, Aruculicedda sarvaggia, Chantruk mana, Chantruk-maan, Common bittercress, Goj ao, Hairy wood cress, Kosanini, Lamb's cress, Mastuerzo cimarron, Monnyin, Oram-petsik, Serampeti, Serampidi, Splitting Jenny, Sui mi qi, Tosanini vu, Tsitsmat'ura, Veluri, Vlaknesta gorva, Wang ye gai, Yangs-chung
Synonyms:
Cardamine hirsuta var. formosana Hayata;
Cardamine regeliana Miquel