Brassicaceae
Narrowleaf bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
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Common names
By language (18)
- Belarusian
- Буйміна незачэпа
- Bulgarian
- Нежна горва
- Chinese
- 弹裂碎米荠, 彈裂碎米薺, 水花菜, 四川碎米荠, 毛果碎米荠, 窄叶碎米荠, 水菜花, 钝叶碎米荠
- Czech
- Řeřišnice nedůtklivá
- Dutch
- Springzaadveldkers
- English
- Narrowleaf bittercress, Narrow-leaved bitter-cress, Narrow-leaved bittercress
- Esperanto
- Kardamino dissalta
- Estonian
- Mets-jürilill
- Finnish
- Lehtolitukka
- German
- Spring-Schaumkraut, Springschaumkraut
- hsb
- Pryskata žerchwica
- Japanese
- ジャニンジン
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lundkarse
- Persian
- ترتیزکباتلاقی شانهای
- Polish
- Rzeżucha niecierpkowa
- Slovenian
- Penuša nedotika
- Swedish
- Lundbräsma
- Welsh
- Berwr chwerw culddail
Synonyms
- Cardamine apetala Gilib.
- Cardamine apetala Moench
- Cardamine basisagittata W.T.Wang
- Cardamine brachycarpa Opiz
- Cardamine dasycarpa M.Bieb.
- Cardamine glaphyropoda O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine glaphyropoda var. crenata T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang
- Cardamine impatiens f. humilis Peterm.
- Cardamine impatiens prol. elongata O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine impatiens subsp. elongata O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine impatiens subsp. impatiens L.
- Cardamine impatiens var. acutifolia Knaf
- Cardamine impatiens var. angustifolia O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine impatiens var. dasycarpa (M.Bieb.) T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang
- Cardamine impatiens var. eriocarpa DC.
- Cardamine impatiens var. fumaria H.Lév.
- Cardamine impatiens var. impatiens L.
- Cardamine impatiens var. longipes Hatus.
- Cardamine impatiens var. microphylla O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine impatiens var. minor Rouy & Foucaud
- Cardamine impatiens var. obtusifolia Knaf
- Cardamine impatiens var. pilosa O.E.Schulz
- Cardamine impatiens var. tenuissima Honda
- Cardamine miyabei Matsum.
- Cardamine nakaiana H.Lév.
- Cardamine saxatilis Salisb.
- Cardamine senanensis Franch. & Sav.
- Crucifera impatiens E.H.L.Krause
- Ghinia impatiens Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 2,054 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: M Sorensen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.