Rorippa dictyosperma
(Hook.) L. Johnson
Forest Bitter Cress
BrassicaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on sand and granite slopes. It does best in damp, wet soils in a protected, partly shaded position. It is resistant to frost but sensitive to drought. Tasmania Herbarium.
Australia*, Tasmania,
Countries: Australia
How to Identify
A cabbage family herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-90 cm high. It can spread 1 m wide. The stems are hollow and branching. The leaves are divided into leaflets. The flowers are white or yellow and have 4 petals. The flowers are 1.5 cm across.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seed or by division.
Notes
There are about 70 Rorippa species.
Names & Synonyms
Cardamine dictyosperma Hook.Cardamine nivea Hook.
References (7)
- Bodkin, F., 1991, Encyclopedia Botanica. Cornstalk publishing, p 887
- Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 196
- Flora of Australia, Volume 8, Lecythidales to Batales, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1982) p 324
- Low, T., 1991, Wild Food Plants of Australia. Australian Nature FieldGuide, Angus & Robertson. p 47
- Low, T., 1992, Bush Tucker. Australia’s Wild Food Harvest. Angus & Robertson. p 143
- Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 188
- Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 18
