Brassicaceae

Hairy bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta L.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Hairy bittercress: Behaartes Schaumkraut ( Cardamine hirsuta ) in Saarbrücken — Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (26)

ab: Адәыҷархал
Arabic: حرف زغبي
arz: حرف زغبى
Azerbaijani: Kələkötür ürəkotu
Belarusian: Буйміна шурпатая
Bulgarian: Влакнеста горва
Chinese: 碎米荠, 碎米薺, 臺灣碎米薺, 白带草, 碎米荠（原变种）, 粗毛碎米荠, 硬毛碎米荠
Czech: Řeřišnice srstnatá
Dutch: Kleine veldkers
English: Hairy bittercress, Hairy bitter-cress
Esperanto: Harhava kardamino
Estonian: Kare jürilill
Finnish: Mäkilitukka
German: Behaartes Schaumkraut, Gartenschaumkraut, Ruderal-Schaumkraut, Vielstengeliges Schaumkraut, Vielstängel-Schaumkraut, Viermänniges Schaumkraut
hsb: Kosmata žerchwica
Irish: Searbh-bhiolar giobach
Japanese: ミチタネツケバナ
kw: Beler hwerow
Norwegian Bokmål: Rosettkarse
Persian: ترتیزکباتلاقی کرکی
Polish: Rzeżucha włochata
Slovak: Žerušnica chlpatá
Slovenian: Dlakava penuša
Swedish: Bergbräsma
Ukrainian: Жеруха шорстка
Welsh: Berwr chwerw blewog

Synonyms

Arabis heterophylla Forst. ex DC.
Cardamine angulata Regel
Cardamine borbonica Bojer
Cardamine fagetina Schur
Cardamine hirsuta f. apetala Soó
Cardamine hirsuta f. glabra Schweinf.
Cardamine hirsuta f. grandiflora O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta f. litoralis (Svalund) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta f. pilosa (O.E.Schulz) Kuusk
Cardamine hirsuta f. umbrosa Chiov.
Cardamine hirsuta f. unicaulis (O.E.Schulz) Jovan.-Dunj.
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. puberula (Rouy & Foucaud) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. apetala Soó
Cardamine hirsuta var. exigua O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. hirsuta L.
Cardamine hirsuta var. litoralis Svalund
Cardamine hirsuta var. maxima Fisch.
Cardamine hirsuta var. montana Macoun
Cardamine hirsuta var. petiolulata O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. pilosa O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. tetrandra Stokes
Cardamine hirsuta var. unicaulis O.E.Schulz
Cardamine humilis Kit.
Cardamine intermedia Hornem.
Cardamine micrantha Spenn.
Cardamine multicaulis Hoppe ex Schur
Cardamine parviflora Suter
Cardamine praecox Pall. ex Ledeb.
Cardamine scutata var. rotundiloba (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
Cardamine simensis Hochst. ex Oliv.
Cardamine tenella E.D.Clarke
Cardamine tetrandra Hegetschw.
Cardamine umbrosa Andrz.
Cardamine virginica Michx.
Crucifera cardamine E.H.L.Krause
Ghinia hirsuta Bubani
Ghinia sylvatica Bubani

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.