Cardamine impatiens
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| Cardamine impatiens | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 5 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Late Summer |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Cardamine impatiens
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ.
Cultivation: Succeeds in most soils[1]. Prefers a moist humus rich soil in shade or semi-shade[2].
Range: Europe, including Britain, from Sweden to C. Spain, eastwards through Asia to Japan.
Habitat: Very local in shady woods, especially ash, and on moist limestone rocks and cliffs, especially in the west[3].
Edibility: Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked[4][5]. Used as a vegetable[6].
Medicinal: The plants is antirheumatic, diuretic and stimulant[7][8].
Pollinators: Bees, flies, lepidoptera
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Late Spring-Early Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Manandhar, Narayan. Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press, 2002.
- ↑ Singh, Gurcharan and Premnath Kachroo. Forest Flora of Srinagar. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1976.
- ↑ Chopra, R. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1986.