# Cardamine amara

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family}}
{{Speciesbox
|name= Large bitter-cress
|taxon = Cardamine amara
|image = Cardamine amara IP0305015.jpg
|authority = L.<ref name=TPL_kew-2699395/>
|synonyms =
  {{Specieslist
  |Cardamine borealis|Laest. ex Nyman
  |Cardamine grandis|Schur
  |Cardamine libertiana|Lej.
  |Cardamine macrophylla|Schur
  |Cardamine melananthera|Steud.
  |Cardamine melanthera|Stokes
  |Cardamine nasturtiana|Thuill.
  |Cardamine nasturtium|Wallr.
  |Cardamine triphylla|Pall.
  |Cardamine umbrosa|Lej.
  |Cardamine wiedmanniana|Boiss.
  |Crucifera amara|E.H.L.Krause
  |Ghinia amara|Bubani
  }}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=TPL_kew-2699395/>
}}

'''''Cardamine amara''''', known as '''large bitter-cress''', is a [species](/source/species) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) in the family [Brassicaceae](/source/Brassicaceae). It is a [perennial](/source/perennial_plant) with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to {{cvt|70|cm}} tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. The flowers have [petal](/source/petal)s that are {{cvt|8|–|14|mm|1}} long and are generally white, although sometimes pink or purple. It is found in damp places.<ref name=Stac10/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Stac10>{{Citation |last=Stace |first=Clive |authorlink = Clive Stace |year=2010 |title=New Flora of the British Isles |edition=3rd |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-70772-5 |page=400}}</ref>

<ref name=TPL_kew-2699395>{{citation |title=''Cardamine amara'' |work=The Plant List |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2699395 |access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>
}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q163609}}

amara
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

{{Brassicaceae-stub}}

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