Brassicaceae FAMILY
Cardamine pentaphyllos
Cardamine pentaphyllos
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cardamine pentaphyllos is a herbaceous perennial plan spreading by means of short rhizomes to form a clump; the unbranched stems are around 25 - 50cm tall, occasionally to 70cm[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern and Central Europe - Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, former Yugoslavia.
HabitatMoist to wet sites in beech forests; at elevations from 1,500 - 1,800 metres[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ].