Species

Cardamine flexuosa

Etymology

Cardamine: From the Greek name kárdamon, referring to an Indian spice
flexuosa: flexuous

Common Name(s)

wavy bitter cress

Family

Brassicaceae

Brief Description

Cauline leaves pinnate, obviously clad in bristly hairs (cf. C. hirsuta); flowering stem zig-zagged ('flexuous')at each flower node.

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CARFLE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1957

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 27 Aug 2015