Cardamine scutata — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and have a hot, peppery flavour.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in valleys, shady slopes, damp sites, along ditches, rock crevices, mountain slopes, roadsides, stream sides; near sea level to 2100 m. altitude in China. In Sichuan.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Russia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

An annual or biennial reaching 0.3 m in height with hermaphrodite flowers from April to August and seeds ripening May to September. Hardy to UK zone 5. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acid to mildly alkaline pH ranges. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist to wet soil. Pollinated by bees, flies, moths, and butterflies; self-fertile.

How to Grow

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in most parts of this country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Prefers a moist humus rich soil in shade or semi-shade but succeeds in most soils that are not dry.

Propagation: Sow seed in spring or autumn directly in situ.

Medicinal Uses

None known.

Other Uses

None known.

Wikipedia

An annual or biennial reaching 0.3 m in height with hermaphrodite flowers from April to August and seeds ripening May to September. Hardy to UK zone 5. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acid to mildly alkaline pH ranges. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist to wet soil. Pollinated by bees, flies, moths, and butterflies; self-fertile.

Notes

There are about 160 Cardamine species. They are mostly in damp places in temperate regions.

Names & Synonyms

Chamsure ghans

Cardamine angulata Hooker var. kamtschatica RegelCardamine autumnalis KoidzumiCardamine baishanensis P. Y. FuCardamine dentipetala MatsumuraCardamine drakeana H. BoissieuCardamine flexuosa Withering var. kamtschatica (Regel) MatsumuraCardamine flexuosa subsp. regeliana (Miquel) O. E. SchulzCardamine flexuosa var. regeliana (Miquel) KomarovCardamine flexuosa var. manshurica KomarovCardamine hirsuta Linnaeus var. latifolia MaximowiczCardamine hirsuta var. regeliana (Miquel) MaximowiczCardamine hirsuta var. rotundiloba HayataCardamine regeliana MiquelCardamine regeliana var. manshurica (Komarov) KitagawaCardamine scutata var. longiloba P. Y. FuCardamine scutata var. regeliana (Miquel) H. HaraCardamine scutata var. ro-tundiloba (Hayata) T. S. Liu & S. S. YingCardamine sylvatica Link var. regeliana (Miquel) Franchet & SavatierCardamine taquetii H. LéveilléCardamine zhejiangensis T. Y. Cheo & R. C. FangCardamine zhe-jiangensis var. huangshanensis D. C. Zhang,

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