Bitter cress, or even Bitter-cress, come members of the big genus Cardamine from a mustard personal (Brassicaceae). It contains other than 150 metal money of annuals and perennials. It grows worldwide within diverse habitats, except in the Antarctic.

A leaves can have different forms, running from either microscopic to medium-sized. It may be pinnated or even bipinnate. It is radical & cauline (growing on the upper section of the stem), by using narrow tips. It is rosulate (forming the rosette). A blade margins may be entire, notched or even dentate. A stem internodes lack firmness.

A centrosymmetric flowers grow around the racemose numbers of-flowered inflorescence or in corymbs. A white, pink or even purple flowers come microscopic to medium-sized. A petals are hanker than a sepals. A fertile flowers come hermaphroditic.

A fruits are hanker, thinly pods by owning several (20-100) seeds.

A bit of plants were reputed to use medicative qualities (coarse of action of heart or even abdomen complaint).

A title "Cardamine" is from either a Greek word kardamon, referring to the Persian or even Indian herb with pungent leaves.

Species
Cardamine africana Cardamine amara - Prominent Bittercress Cardamine amporitana Cardamine angulata - Seaside Bittercress Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort Cardamine ten anomala - Aanomalous Bittercress Cardamine bellidifolia - Alpine Bitter cress, Alpine Cress Cardamine bilobata Cardamine breweri - Brewer's Bittercress Cardamine bulbifera - Coralroot Cardamine bulbosa - Bulbous Bitter cress, Spring Cress Cardamine californica - Milkmaids Cardamine changbaiana Cardamine chenopodiifolia Cardamine clematitis - Microscopic Mountain Bittercress Cardamine concatenata - Cutleaf Crinkle-root, Cut-leaved Toothwort Cardamine constancei - Constance's Bittercress Cardamine cordifolia - Heartleaf Bitter cress, Heartleaved Bittercress, Big Mountain Bittercress Cardamine corymbosa Cardamine debilis - Roadside Bittercress Cardamine dentata Cardamine digitata - Richardson's Bittercress Cardamine diphylla - Crinkleroot, Twin-leaved Toothwort Cardamine dissecta - Forkleaf Toothwort Cardamine douglassii - Limestone Bittercress Cardamine enneaphyllos - Drooping Bittercress Cardamine fargesiana Cardamine flagellifera - Blue Ridge Bittercress Cardamine flexuosa - Woodland Bitter cress, Wavy Bittercress Cardamine gambelii Cardamine glacialis Cardamine gunnii Cardamine gunnii-lilacina Cardamine heptaphylla Cardamine hirsuta - Hairy Bittercress Cardamine impatiens - Narrowleaf Bitter cress, Narrow-leaved Bittercress Cardamine 10 incisa - Incised Bittercress Cardamine jamesonii Cardamine keysseri Cardamine laciniata Cardamine lihengiana Cardamine lilacina Cardamine longii - Long's Bittercress Cardamine lyrata Cardamine macrocarpa - Largeseed Bittercress Cardamine maritima Cardamine matthiola Cardamine maxima - Prominent Toothwort Cardamine micranthera - Microscopic-anthered Bitter cress, Streambank Bittercress Cardamine microphylla - Microscopic-leaf Bittercress Cardamine montelucii Cardamine nuttallii - Nuttall'stoothwort Cardamine nymanii - Lady Smock Cardamine obliqua Cardamine occidentalis - Large American Bittercress Cardamine oligosperma - Idaho Bitter cress, Little American Bittercress, Annual Bittercress Cardamine pachystigma - Serpentine Bittercress Cardamine palustris Cardamine parviflora - Sand Bitter cress, Microscopic-flowered Bittercress Cardamine pattersonii - Saddle Mountain Bittercress Cardamine paucijuga Cardamine penduliflora - Willamette Valley Bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Bitter cress, Quaker Bittercress Cardamine pentaphyllos Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo Flower, Ladies Smock, Lady's Gaberdine, Meadow Cress Cardamine pulcherrima Cardamine purpurascens Cardamine purpurea - Purple Bittercress Cardamine regeliana - Japanese Bittercress Cardamine residifolia Cardamine raphanifolia Cardamine rotundifolia - Our contries Bitter cress, U.s. watercress, Mountain Watercress Cardamine rupicola - Cliff Bittercress Cardamine seidlitziana Cardamine tenera Cardamine trichocarpa Cardamine trifoliata Cardamine uliginosa