Cardamine hirsuta L.

Common Name : Hairy bittercress
Family : Brassicaceae

HABIT

AN ERECT ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL HERB, UP TO 40 CM HIGH.

STEMS

STEM ARISE FROM BASAL ROSETTE OF LEAVES; GLABROUS, GREEN OR SOMETIMES PURPLISH.

LEAVES

LEAF HAS ABOUT 5-7 ROUNDISH, SOMETIMES STALKED LEAFLETS ON EACH SIDE AND A LARGER ONE AT THE END.

FLOWERS

OCCURS IN CLUSTERS AT THE END OF THE FLOWERING STEM; SMALL, WHITE.

FRUITS

SILIQUA NOTICEABLY OVERTOP THE UNOPENED FLOWERS; NARROW, COMPRESSED.