Cardamine hirsuta

Hairy Bitter-cress

Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress, is a very common weed of gardens and containers, spreading prolifically by seed. It can be used as a salad vegetable.


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Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress
Flower head
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Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress
Flowers
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Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress
Seed pod
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Aphids feeding on Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress
Apids on Bittercress

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress, flower head. Garden in Redmire. April.


Slide 2: Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress, flowers. Garden in Redmire. April.


Slide 3: Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bitter-cress, seed pod. Garden in Redmire. April.


Slide 4: Cardamine hirsuta, Aphids feeding on Hairy Bitter-cress. Garden in Redmire. April.