Brassicaceae
Cardamine amara
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- حرف مر, الحسار, حسار
- arz
- حرف مر
- Belarusian
- Буйміна горкая, Баймана, Жаруха, Макруха, Ражуха крынічная
- Bulgarian
- Горчива горва
- Czech
- Řeřišnice hořká
- Danish
- Vandkarse
- dsb
- Górka žerlina
- Dutch
- Bittere veldkers
- Esperanto
- Amara kardamino
- Estonian
- Mõru jürilill
- Finnish
- Purolitukka
- German
- Bitteres Schaumkraut, Kressen-Schaumkraut, Falsche Brunnenkresse
- hsb
- Hórka žerchwica
- Hungarian
- Keserű kakukktorma
- Lithuanian
- Karčioji kartenė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bekkekarse
- Polish
- Rzeżucha gorzka
- Portuguese
- Agrião-bravo
- Russian
- Сердечник горький
- Slovak
- Žerušnica horká
- Slovenian
- Grenka penuša
- Swedish
- Bäckbräsma
- Welsh
- Berwr chwerw mawr
Synonyms
- Cardamine amara f. lilacina Beck
- Cardamine amara f. minor Lange
- Cardamine amara f. monochlamydea Soó
- Cardamine amara f. stricta O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine amara var. aequiloba C.Hartm.
- Cardamine amara var. aquatica Rupr.
- Cardamine amara var. erubescens Peterm.
- Cardamine amara var. interrupta O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine amara var. macrophylla Wender.
- Cardamine amara var. petiolulata O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine amara var. trisecta DC.
- Cardamine austriaca (Marhold) Landolt
- Cardamine borealis Laest. ex Nyman
- Cardamine grandis Schur
- Cardamine macrophylla Schur
- Cardamine melananthera Steud.
- Cardamine melanthera Stokes
- Cardamine nasturtiana Thuill.
- Cardamine triphylla Pall.
- Crucifera amara E.H.L.Krause
- Ghinia amara Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 413 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Johannes S., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Татьяна Горбушина, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Christian Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alena Shindyapkina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Nistal Sara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Sven Jundt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: venza.elena, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.