Brassicaceae

Japanese bittercress

Cardamine scutata Thunb.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Japanese bittercress: Cardamine regeliana , North area, Ibaraki pref., Japan — Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: حرف درعي, حرف صقيعي
Chinese: 圆齿碎米荠, 大顶叶碎米荠, 宝岛碎米荠, 浙江碎米荠, 长白山碎米荠, 大叶水尖
English: Japanese bittercress
Japanese: オオバタネツケバナ

Synonyms

Cardamine angulata var. kamtschatica Regel
Cardamine baishanensis P.Y.Fu
Cardamine chejiangensis var. huangshanensis D.C.Zhang
Cardamine dentipetala var. longifructus (Ohwi) Hiyama
Cardamine drakeana H.Boissieu
Cardamine flexuosa f. sitchensis O.E.Schulz
Cardamine flexuosa subsp. regeliana (Miq.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine flexuosa subsp. regeliana (Miq.) H.Hara
Cardamine flexuosa var. latifolia (Maxim.) Makino
Cardamine flexuosa var. manshurica Kom.
Cardamine flexuosa var. regeliana (Miq.) Matsum.
Cardamine flexuosa var. regeliana (Miq.) Kom.
Cardamine flexuosa var. scutata (Thunb.) O.E.Schulz
Cardamine hirsuta var. formosana Hayata
Cardamine hirsuta var. latifolia Maxim.
Cardamine hirsuta var. regeliana (Miq.) Maxim.
Cardamine hirsuta var. rotundiloba Hayata
Cardamine longifructus Ohwi
Cardamine regeliana Miq.
Cardamine scutata subsp. regeliana (Miq.) H.Hara
Cardamine scutata var. formosana (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
Cardamine scutata var. latifolia (Maxim.) H.Hara
Cardamine scutata var. longiloba P.Y.Fu
Cardamine scutata var. scutata
Cardamine sylvatica var. integrifolia H.Boissieu
Cardamine sylvatica var. regeliana (Miq.) Franch. & Sav.
Cardamine taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot
Cardamine taquetii H.Lév.
Cardamine zhejiangensis T.Y.Cheo & R.C.Fang

Photos

Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.