Brassicaceae FAMILY
Cardamine macrophylla
Cardamine macrophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cardamine macrophylla is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Himalayas, Siberia.
HabitatForests and streamsides, 2100 - 3600 metres from Pakistan to S.W. China, most common in the west of its range[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ].