{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox |image = Cardamine flexuosa eF.jpg |genus = Cardamine |species = flexuosa |authority = With. }} thumb|Inflorescence {{Commons}}

'''''Cardamine flexuosa''''', commonly known as '''wavy bittercress''' or '''wood bitter-cress''', is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).<ref>Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. ''An Irish Flora.'' Dundalgan Press, Dundalk. {{ISBN|0-85221-131-7}}</ref>

==Description== This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than {{Convert|30|cm|abbr=on}}, usually annual or short-lived perennial, with few short, erect stems. The leaves pinnate, mostly at the base, each with about 5 pairs of rounded leaflets. Flowers very small, white, 3–4&nbsp;mm across with 6 stamens. Fruits of ''C.&nbsp;flexuosa'' generally do not overtop the flowers, a feature distinguishing it from ''Cardamine hirsuta''.<ref name="Clapham">Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. ''Excursion Flora of the British Isles.'' Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-04656-4}}</ref>

==Distribution== It is native to the British Isles,<ref name=Stace>{{cite book|last=Stace|first=C. A.|authorlink = Stace, C. A.|year=2010|title=New Flora of the British Isles|edition=Third|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location = Cambridge, U.K.|isbn=9780521707725}}</ref>{{rp|401}} Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.<ref name="PoWO">{{cite web |title=Cardamine flexuosa With. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45189-2 |access-date=18 April 2024 }}</ref>

==Habitat== In Ireland common in woods shady and damp places.<ref>Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. ''Webb's An Irish Flora.'' Cork University Press. {{ISBN|978-185918-4783}}</ref><ref name="Clapham"/>

==Uses== In the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, where it is known as '''''chaantruk''''', ''C.&nbsp;flexuosa'' is eaten as an aromatic herb, often used to garnish eromba.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

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flexuosa Category:Flora of Europe

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