Plant portrait - Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2014
- A detailed look at the life cycle of Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta). These images can help to accurately identify the plant during different seasons of the year.
I notice that a lot of plants we consider weeds these days, because they keep stubbornly growing everywhere, are actually really good for you.
I have a bunch of these growing wild in my yard. I was out without shoes, wearing shorts and felt these little “explosions” on my ankle area as I walked through yard. I thought it was a bunch of baby grasshoppers jumping, but turns out it was hairy bittercress. I am 47 and have never seen these before. Very cool, and am looking forward to eating them now.
Thanks for the info😊
Nice video! I eat a lot of bittercress. I use it raw on sandwiches and in salads before it starts flowering, and then in a pot of mixed greens when it gets older. The ones growing in more shady spots prolong the harvest season.
Interesting plant! Hopefully I'll encounter this one while it's "flinging seeds" sometime while out hiking!
Great informative video, thank you.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi it very nice I Love that.
Very important this bittercress in Tahiti and all islands thank you is arséle brodien
These things are really neat, i get a kick out of setting them off when i walk my dog, however, if the dog is sniffing around in triggers one, there's a chance they'll end up with a seed in the eye and need a trip to the vet as i just experienced.
I know you have a website but do you have a members section where people can upload photos of plants to get identified?
Marc, there is no section of the website for submitting photos of unidentified plants. However, sometimes people will email photos to me at angelyn AT identifythatplant DOT com. I am willing to take a look at what photos you may have and offer some feedback/suggestions about an identity.
Hello Angelyn! Would the flowers and seed pods happen to be edible as well? Thank u
I suspect they are.
If you burn them is the fume toxic in any way?
Are the hairs the only thing to tell this apart from Pennsylvania bittercress?
I call these “terrible awful”. They are TERRIBLE AWFUL in your garden.
Elizabeth Proverbs 28:9 I totally agree.. this plant is so prolific and has become a real problem in our yards! I’m trying hard to pull them in areas I frequently walk to avoid SOME spreading! Also my flower beds.Its a major issue for me!!!!
I had these in upstate NY and had no idea what a problem they are for a lawn if allowed to bloom, and then broadcast their seeds in fireworks fashion. Yes, they smell like licorice when young, tender and close to the ground, and can be eaten, but beware. I am adverse to pesticides and try to pull them before they seed to prevent take-over. I have spent many hours pulling these up (with the root) and never have fully eradicated them.