Brassicaceae

Woodland bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa With.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) — FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (25)

Arabic: حرف مرن
arz: حرف مرن
Azerbaijani: Buruq ürəkotu
Belarusian: Буйміна звілістая
Bulgarian: Извита горва
Chinese: 弯曲碎米荠, 彎曲碎米薺, 焊菜, 柔弯曲碎米荠（变种）, 白带草, 碎米荠, 蔊菜, 卵叶弯曲碎米荠
Czech: Řeřišnice křivolaká
Danish: Skov-Springklap, Skov-Karse
Dutch: Bosveldkers
English: Woodland bittercress, Wavy bittercress, Wood bitter-cress, wavy bitter-cr.
Esperanto: Kardamino fleksita
Estonian: Nõtke jürilill
Finnish: Metsälitukka
German: Wald-Schaumkraut, Waldschaumkraut
hsb: Lěsna žerchwica
Japanese: たねつけばな
Korean: 황새냉이
Lithuanian: Lanksčioji kartenė
Norwegian Bokmål: Skogkarse
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skogkarse
Polish: Rzeżucha leśna
Slovenian: Gozdna penuša
Swedish: Skogsbräsma
Ukrainian: Жеруха звивиста
Welsh: Berwr chwerw hyblyg

Synonyms

Cardamine decurrens (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi
Cardamine drymeja Schur
Cardamine duraniensis Revel ex Des Moul.
Cardamine fallax var. glabra Nakai
Cardamine flexuosa f. heterophylla Matsum.
Cardamine flexuosa f. macrocarpa Matsum.
Cardamine flexuosa f. pusilla (Schur) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine flexuosa f. umbrosa Gren. & Godr.
Cardamine flexuosa var. bracteata O.E.Schulz
Cardamine flexuosa var. debilis (O.E.Schulz) T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang
Cardamine flexuosa var. flexuosa With.
Cardamine flexuosa var. gracilipes O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt
Cardamine flexuosa var. haleakalensis O.E.Schulz
Cardamine flexuosa var. interrupta Čelak.
Cardamine flexuosa var. ovatifolia T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang
Cardamine flexuosa var. petiolulata O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta f. rigida Rouy & Foucaud
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa (With.) F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa (With.) Hook.f.
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. sylvatica (Link) Syme
Cardamine hirsuta var. flaccida Franch.
Cardamine hirsuta var. flexuosa (With.) Hook.f. & T.Anderson
Cardamine hirsuta var. omeiensis T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang
Cardamine hirsuta var. sylvatica (Link) Hook. & Arn.
Cardamine muscosa Vahl ex DC.
Cardamine pusilla Schur
Cardamine scutata subsp. flexuosa (Withering) H.Hara
Cardamine setigera Tausch
Cardamine sylvatica Link
Pteroneurum decurrens Blume

Flowers

In flower: March to June (from 1,014 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sim Elliott, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lauren Bosch, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.