Photographs: Co. Cork

Wavy Bittercress Cardamine flexuosa Searbh-bhiolar casta Family: Brassicaceae Flowering time: March-September. Biennial/perennial. Native. Small white flowers with 4 petals and 6 stamens. The leaves are slightly hairy and pinnately compound, with narrow leaflets on the upper leaves. Erect wavy stems. Height to 50 cm. Throughout Ireland on damp ground by streams, on waste ground and in gardens Similar: Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta. Flowers have 4 stamens

Wavy Bittercress, Cardamine flexuosa, Searbh-bhiolar casta