Scientific Name: Cardamine gunnii

Common Name: tuberous bittercress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Form Description: Perennial edible herb with slender rhizomes. Leaf bases of rosette persistent for a season.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.3

Flowers: White with oval petals, shortly clawed and borne in spikes which elongate in fruiting stage.

Fruit: Capsule (siliqua) 2-lobed, 2-3 cm long, narrow, with conspicuous veins and borne on spreading stalks.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Common in moist places through a wide range of altitudes.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information