Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa, Searbh-bhiolar casta
Photographs: Co. Cork

Wavy Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Searbh-bhiolar casta
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering time: March-September. Biennial/perennial. Native.

Small white flowers with 4 petals and 6 stamens. The leaves are slightly hairy and pinnately compound, with narrow leaflets on the upper leaves. Erect wavy stems. Height to 50 cm.

Throughout Ireland on damp ground by streams, on waste ground and in gardens

Similar: Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta. Flowers have 4 stamens

Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa, Searbh-bhiolar casta

Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa, Searbh-bhiolar casta
Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa, Searbh-bhiolar casta

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